Henchir-Deheb / Hennchir Deheb
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07610HEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Early Christian basilica
Font Location in Church: Behind the apse
Site Location: Algeria, Africa
Font Notes:
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Sunken baptismal font [to be researched] -- Palol (1967: 153 fn24, 174) describes it as a sunken baptismal font of the Early Christian period ; it has an elegant canopy sustained on four columns right above the font
REFERENCES
- Palol, Pedro de, Arqueología cristiana de la España romana: siglos IV a VI, Madrid, Valladolid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Enrique Flórez, 1967, p. 153 fn24, 174