Archaeologists had found an ancient stone tablet submerged in the ocean at the biblical city of Tel Dor, located on Israel's Mediterranean coast.
The ancient tablet is estimated to be 1,800 years old. It measures 33 inches tall and weighing more than 1,300 pounds. It is believed to be part of a larger slab of stone.
The inscriptions on the tablet was written in ancient Greek. It says that the Roman ruler of Judea at the time of the said revolution was Gargilius Antiquus, validating the details written in the Bible. Also, this stone tablet is only the second archaeological evidence that mentions “Judea” to describe the said region.
The stone tablet was brought to the University of Haifa for preservation and translation. According to archaeologists, the said stone tablet will help shed light on one of ancient Jewish history’s most violent battles – the Bar Kokhba revolution. Historians believe that the uprising resulted in the demise of more of ancient Jewish history’s most violent battles – the Bar Kokhba revolution.
Historians believe that the uprising resulted in the demise of more than 500,000 Jews and the obliteration of ‘Judea’ from records by the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
According to Professor Assaf Yasur-Landau of the University of Haifa: “For the first time, we can identify with certainty the name of the Roman governor of Judea during the critical period leading up to the Bar Kochba revolt.
“Apart from that, this is only the second time that the name ‘Judea’ has appeared on an inscription from the Roman period.”
The ancient stone tablet is now displayed in the University of Haifa Library.
Source: Elitereaders
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