Henchir-Deheb / Hennchir Deheb

INFORMATION

FontID: 07610HEN

Church/Chapel: Early Christian basilica

Country Name: Algeria

Font Location in Church: Behind the apse

Century and Period: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian

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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