John's reference to the place where Pilate at in judgment of Jesus is an Aramaic word. It refers to an elevated courtyard in front of Pilate's praetorium.
Its Greek name Lithostrotos also refers to the place of Pilate's judgment bench but more specifically to the mosaic pavement area. Visitors to the Holy Land can see a pavement like that but it does not date back to the time of Jesus.
Roman soldiers often played games of dice on the stone pavement that is now the basement of the Convent of the Sisters of Zion in Jerusalem. The pavement bears engravings of a dice game called "King Game."
- Little Black Book, Diocese of Saginaw