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NeoGreen

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18. I'm not willing to make such an assurance...

Wed Jul 24, 2019, 11:26 AM

Jul 2019

...I'd need to evaluate whether 'pilate' has some other usage in Greek, in the same way that in English 'Miller' or 'Potter' can be used as both names and descriptions of occupations.

I'd also want to evaluate if the word or similar words have different meanings such as 'bark' (i.e. dog vs tree) and 'nail' (wood vs finger) in English.

I's also like to research whether there are words in historic Greek that have a similar structure as the apparent inscribed word 'Pilato' similar to in English where 'tick' and 'tack' have very similar spelling/structure but very different meanings.

Also, I'd like to know if there have been similar rings unearthed and what the speculations were on their meaning and usage.

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Pontius Pilate's Name Is Found on 2,000-Year-Old Ring [View all] left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 OP

How do you get "Pontius Pilate" from that??? Jake Stern Jul 2019 #1

The same way you get "No Collusion" from Muller's report. 3Hotdogs Jul 2019 #2

So further down in the article Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #3

Faith, I guess. trotsky Jul 2019 #4

Except we know PP was a real person Major Nikon Jul 2019 #5

Pretty interesting... Act_of_Reparation Jul 2019 #6

It was at least around 70 years before anyone bothered to write anything down about him Major Nikon Jul 2019 #8

Yes. Someone noticed a minor Roman official but not MineralMan Jul 2019 #9

Until the 1960s there was pretty much nothing. Igel Jul 2019 #10

Ugh. trotsky Jul 2019 #13

It actually reads PILATO MineralMan Jul 2019 #7

Some forget that Greek would have been the Imperial language in the area. Igel Jul 2019 #11

Yup. It's funny, really. MineralMan Jul 2019 #12

1st century the official language was Latin. Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #14

Still, the inscription on that cheap copper ring MineralMan Jul 2019 #15

Does "Pilato' have meaning in-of-itself in Greek? Is it a... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #16

Nope. I ran it through Google Translate, which just gave me: PILATO from MineralMan Jul 2019 #17

I'm not willing to make such an assurance... NeoGreen Jul 2019 #18

Sorry. I can't help you with that. I have no knowledge of Greek MineralMan Jul 2019 #19

It's the Greek form of a Latin name. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2019 #20

still if the claim is that it is a 'seal' ring for signing Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #21

I agree. MineralMan Jul 2019 #22

Even if it was Pilate's ring (some good posts here about raccoon Jul 2019 #23

I wholeheartedley agree... uriel1972 Jul 2019 #24