The Theodotus Inscription

 "Theodotus, (son) of Vettenus, priest and archisynagogos (ruler of the synagogue),  son of an archisynagogos, grandson of an archisynagogos, built the synagogue for the reading of the law and the teaching of the commandments, and the guest-chamber and the rooms and the water installations for lodging for those needing them from abroad, which his fathers, the elders and Simonides founded."

In 1913, R. Weill discovered the inscription now known as the Theodotus Inscription at the bottom of a cistern (CIJ 2.1404). The artifact is dated from before the destruction of the Temple by the Romans in 70.  Presumably this inscription was attached to a synagogue in Jerusalem. The inscription indicates that the synagogue built by Theodotus was not only intended as a place of learning Torah, but also served as a place of lodging for visitors to Jerusalem.  Notice that reference to the ruler of the synagogue (archisynagogos), a designation also found in the gospels and the Book of Acts (see Mark 5:22, 35-36 = Luke 8:49; Luke 13:14; Acts 13:15; 18:8, 17)