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PILATE STONE (draft)
The Pilate Stone is the name given to a block of limestone with a carved inscription attributed to Pontius Pilate, a prefect of the Roman-controlled province of Judaea from 26-36. [1] The stone was found in 1961 by a team of Italian archeologists and is deemed important because Pilate's biographical details had been unclear and some Biblical scholars had believed that he was a mythical character. The find added credence to the historicity of Josephus on Jesus and the Canonical gospels. [2]