An inscribed copper-alloy finger ring from Herodium depicting a krater

A simple copper-alloy ring dated to the first century BCE–mid-first century CE was discovered in the hilltop palace at Herodium. It depicts a krater circled by a Greek inscription, reading: ‘of Pilatus’. The article deals with the typology of ancient representations of kraters in Second Temple Jewis...

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Authors: Amorai-Stark, Shua 19XX- (Author) ; Hershkovitz, Malka (Author) ; Fersṭer, Gidʿôn 1935- (Author) ; Kalman, Yakov (Author) ; Laureys-Chachy, Rachel (Author) ; Porat, Roi ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Soc. 2018
In: Israel exploration journal
Year: 2018, Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 208-220
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Copper alloys / Ring (Ornament) / Herodium / Inscription / Typology / Pilatus, Pontius ca. 1. Jh. v. Chr./1. Jh.
IxTheo Classification:HH Archaeology
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:A simple copper-alloy ring dated to the first century BCE–mid-first century CE was discovered in the hilltop palace at Herodium. It depicts a krater circled by a Greek inscription, reading: ‘of Pilatus’. The article deals with the typology of ancient representations of kraters in Second Temple Jewish art and with the possibility that this ring might have belonged to Pontius Pilatus, the prefect of the Roman province of Judaea or to a person in his administration, either a Jew or a pagan.
ISSN:0021-2059
Contains:Enthalten in: Israel exploration journal