Sherta
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02764SHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Site Location: Negev / Negeb, Israel, Middle East
Directions to Site: In the Negev region, southern Israel, near the gulf of Aqaba. Nearest large town is Beersheva.
Font Notes:
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Malle includes it as an example of the Cross and Trinity symbols in early baptisteries; the Sherta sunken piscina appears cruciform (Greek cross) and there are steps (3) leading down to its bottom on two sides; nearby, to the side, an ablutions well (?) (Malle, 1994)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: sunken font, cruciform, Greek cross
Basin Exterior Shape: cruciform, Greek cross
REFERENCES
- Malle, Louis, Sources du baptême: découvrir les baptistères et les fonts baptismaux, Paris: Éditions de l'atelier, 1994, ill. and caption on p. 17