Arad / Tel Arad / תל ערד

INFORMATION

FontID: 02765ARA
Country Name: Israel
Location: Negev / Nogeb (northern)
Directions to Site: Tel Arad is located 9 km ENE of Arad, 45 km E of Be'er Sheva towards the Dead Sea, in the northern Negev and is accessible by bus from both Be'er Sheva and the eastern coast towns (Winter, 1999)
Century and Period: , Early Christian / Byzantine
The illustration provided in Malle (Malle, 1994) shows the ruins of a raised cruciform structure; on one side can be seen three steps leading down into the tank; there could be another three on the opposite side [cf. Index entry and illustration for Sbeitla for comparison]. Malle describes it simply as "baptistère byzantin".

COORDINATES

UTM: 36R 702395 3462707

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: cruciform
Basin Exterior Shape: cruciform

REFERENCES

Malle, Louis, Sources du baptême: découvrir les baptistères et les fonts baptismaux, Paris: Éditions de l'atelier, 1994
Winter, Dave, Israel Handbook: with the Palestinian Authority Areas, 2nd ed., Bath, UK: Footprint, 1999