Sherta

INFORMATION

FontID: 02764SHE
Country Name: Israel
Location: Negev / Negeb
Directions to Site: In the Negev region, southern Israel, near the gulf of Aqaba. Nearest large town is Beersheva.
Century and Period: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
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: 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