Dermech / Bir Messaouda / Bi'r Mas`udah / Bi'r Mas`ūdah nr. Carthage

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view of baptistery - plan

Scene Description: note the font with the drain chanel indicated at the bottom

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view of baptistery - plan

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view of basin - interior

Scene Description: note the drain chanel at the right side

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view of font

Scene Description: note the drain chanel at the bottom, left side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07612DER
Church/Chapel: Byzantine (?) basilica
Country Name: Tunisia / Tūnis
Directions to Site: Located in the "Bir Messaouda" archaeological site in Avenue Bourguiba -- Carthage is located about 15 km NE of Tunis capital
Font Location in Church: North-East baptistery font
Century and Period: , Early Christian / Byzantine
Hexagonal sunken font in the baptistery of the Byzantine basilica at Dermech [to be researched]; the original shape later changed to semicircular according to the source below; drainage channels evident; steps present -- Descriptions and illustrations of the font, baptistery and Early Christian basilica are available in "The Excavation of a Byzantine Ecclesiastical Structures [sic] between Cardines IX and X at the 'Bir Messaouda' Site, Ave. Bourguiba, Carthage-Dermech 1997-2000", a report by Richard Miles, Dept. of Classical Studies, The Open University [www5.open.ac.uk/carthage/index.htm]. Also referred to in Palol (1967: 153 fn24), after Testini (p. 623, fig. 302). Also in "Excavation at 'Bir Messaouda' Site, Carthage', Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge [www.classics. cam.ac.uk/Everyone/carthage/].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (sunken)
Basin Interior Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Trapezoidal Basin: 370 x 401 cm
Notes on Measurements: Source: Richard Miles [www5.open.ac.uk/carthage/index.htm]