The charcoal inscription reads: "Shimon Bar Yonah" which means "Simon [Peter] son of Jonah".
Mat 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
The rest of it here... http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/peters-jerusalem-tomb.htm
Interesting read...
Jo...I don't know and an curious...what clear evidence doe the RCC have that Peter was in Rome, at any time, and was the founder of the church there...Side note...that always seemed a strange claim to me because of the fact that Paul does address the leaders of the church but nothing about Peter anywhere...not that he had to note it, but Paul and Luke seemed to be very aware of noting the important names throughout all their writings...That being said, I don't think the RCC would hold Peter was not the first Pope even if buried in Jerusalem, but it definitely makes things a bit more 'questionable' for lack of a better term...look forward to your insight...
Clay...any insight, thoughts would be interesting to me as well...
God's blessings to both of you...