Ha'aretz reports that the name was discovered on the ring with the use of a special camera at the Israel Antiquities Authority labs. The letters on the ring spelled out in Greek writing "Pilatus." The words surrounded a picture of a wine vessel.

Hebrew University Professor Danny Schwartz told Ha'aretz that Pilatus was a rare name in Israel. "I don't know of any other Pilatus from the period, and the ring shows he was a person of stature and wealth," Schwartz said, according to the article... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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