Skhira / La Skhira / La Cekhira

INFORMATION

FontID: 07654SKH

Church/Chapel: Early Christian basilica

Country Name: Tunisia / Tūnis

Location: Ṣafāqis, Wilāyat

Directions to Site: Located in the Gulf of Gabes

Century and Period: , Early Christian

Cognate Fonts: Vega del Mar (Spain)

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

[to be researched] Listed in Palol (1967: 173 fn52) as a baptismal font with a plan similar to the one at Vega del Mar [cf. Index entry].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Font Shape: cruciform (variant)

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