Tipasa / Tipasa in Mauretania / Tipaza / Tipsa / Tefessedt

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Site archéologique de Tipasa (Caesaria), Algérie : vestiges de la basilique chrétienne."

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FontID: 02551TIP
Church Location: Tipasa, Algeria
Country Name: Algeria
Location: Tipasa, El Boulaïda
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N11, 6 km NE of Nador, 70 km W of Algiers
Historical Region: Mauretania Caesariensis
Ancient baptistry of Tipsa has an inscription in mosaic (Favreau, 1985, p. 139). The entry for Tipasa in the The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0006%3Aentry%3Dtipasa#:~:text=To the NE there is a square,walls%2C the necropoleis extended very far along] [accessed 23 February 2025] notes: "Tipasa became a municipium with Latin privileges under Claudius and a colony under Hadrian or Antoninus Pius [...] A colossal cathedral attests to the presence of Christianity within the walls. The cathedral matches the mass of the capitol on the other side of a small bay. The edifice has seven naves, of which the central one ends in a semicircular apse. To the NE there is a square baptistery with a circular pool, and the bishop's house is to the N."

COORDINATES

UTM: 31S 450753 4049748

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: , type unknown
Font Shape: Unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: mosaic
Inscription Text: SI QUIS, UT VIVAT, QUAERIT ADDISCERE SEMPER HIC LAVETUR AQUA, ET VIDEAT CAELESTIA REGNA
Inscription Source: Favreau (Favreau (1985, p. 139)

REFERENCES

Favreau, Robert, "Inscription des fonts baptismaux d'Hildesheim", 38, 2, Cahiers de civilisation medievale, 1985, pp. 115-140; r["References"]