Petra nr. Wadi Musa / Baṭrā / Selah

INFORMATION

FontID: 07996PET

Object Type: Baptismal Font2

Church/Chapel: Early Christian basilica

Country Name: Jordan

Location: Maʻān

Directions to Site: Located near Wadi Musa, 25 km NW of Ma'an

Font Location in Church: In the archaeological site

Century and Period: 4th - 5th century, Early Christian

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in Fiema (2001: 308) as a baptismal font of the early Christian basilica in this ancient city; the source shows a roughly cruciform raised font, with a cylindrical basin in one of the crooks of the arms [to be researched]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: cruciform (sunken)

Basin Interior Shape: cruciform

REFERENCES

Fiema, Zbigniew T., The Petra Church, Amman: American Center of Oriental Research, 2001