Kurnub / Kurnab / Mamphis / Mamshat / Mamshit / Mamshit, Horbat / Mempsis
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Scene Description: site before reconstruction?
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INFORMATION
FontID: 08888KUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Church/Chapel: Eastern church
Country Name: Israel
Location: HaDarom, Mehoz
Directions to Site: Located approximately 40 km E of Beer Sheva
Historical Region: Central Negev
Font Location in Church: In the S side
Century and Period: Early Christian
Font Notes:
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Sunken baptismal font of the early-Christian period located in the south side of the Eastern church at the Kurnub archaeological site. The font and the ruins of the church are documented and illustrated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs web site of the Israeli government [www.mfa.gov.il]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cruciform [sunken piscina]
Basin Interior Shape: cruciform
Basin Exterior Shape: cruciform