Sidi Daoud nr. Cap Bon / Sidi Daud

INFORMATION

FontID: 07650DAO

Church/Chapel: Early Christian church

Country Name: Tunisia / Tūnis

Location: Grombalia, Nābul, Wilāyat

Directions to Site: Located on the north-east coast, near the eastern tip of the Cape Bon Peninsula, approx. 80 kms east of Tunis capital

Century and Period: 6th century, Early Christian

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Palol (1967: 161-162 fn37) refers to it as a poly-lobed baptismal font in the baptistery.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Font Shape: polylobed

Basin Interior Shape: polylobed

Basin Exterior Shape: polylobed

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