Some time ago, Randy Ingermanson and Jay Cost stated "Talpiot, does not provide all that unique a clue at all. Why is this the case? It is for the reason that historians, archeologists and New Testament scholars have been stating since the day the film was announced: these names are common". "Common names mean that the names themselves do not take us very far in terms of identifying the owner of the tomb" .

They are right, and Kilty and Elliot actually have confirmed that, because if Talpiot names (like Yoseh) are considered as common names, the output falls below 6 % . So, a cluster of common names is not enough to prove Jacobivici's case.

So, only a unique, rare, distinctive name, which improves probabilities significantly (like mariamenou'mara or Yoseh), could make Talpiot thesis work. However, both Yoseh and Mariamenou'mara, are not, I am afraid, the hoped for "Ringo".

Nehemias