The Priene calendar inscription

The Priene calendar inscription. Rome's own throne pre-loads the words euangelia and saviour.

In plain words

A calendar inscription at Priene calls Augustus's birthday good news for the world and hails him as saviour: the imperial cult holds the very words, gospel and saviour, before any Christian message uses them.

The mechanism

ROADS BEFORE PAYLOAD, AT THE LEVEL OF VOCABULARY — the imperial cult owns the exact terms before any Christian message uses them

How it was checked

• EvidenceT6 PHYSICAL / MANUSCRIPT; Status: COMMITTED; a release
• Letter eraTHE PROPHETS AND THE ROAD 776 BC to 4 BC
• Plate — Priene calendar inscription, 9 BC, reproduced in Adolf Deissmann, Light from the Ancient East · Public domain · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Priene_Calendar_Inscription_I,_1-31.png
• SourcesARCHAEOLOGY — the inscription