Kurnub / Kurnab / Mamphis / Mamshat / Mamshit / Mamshit, Horbat / Mempsis
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Scene Description: site before reconstruction?
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08888KUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Eastern church
Font Location in Church: In the S side
Church Address: Mamshit 8480344, Israel
Site Location: HaDarom, Mehoz, Israel, Middle East
Directions to Site: Located off road 25, approximately 40 km SE of Beer Sheva
Historical Region: Central Negev
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]
COORDINATES
UTM: 36R 696998 3434325
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 31.026111, 35.063889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 31° 1′ 34″ N, 35° 3′ 50″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: sunken font, cruciform
Basin Interior Shape: cruciform
Basin Exterior Shape: cruciform