Sidi Abich / Upenna / Henchir Chigarnia

INFORMATION

FontID: 07655ABI

Object Type: Baptismal Font3

Church/Chapel: Early Christian church

Country Name: Tunisia / Tūnis

Location: Sūsah, Wilāyat

Directions to Site: near Upenna, Tunis

Century and Period: Early Christian

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed in Palol (1967: 173) as an early sunken baptismal font variant of the cruciform shape

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Font Shape: cruciform variant (sunken)

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