Shivta No. 1 / Esbeita / H̲orvot Shivta / Horbat Shivta / Sbeita / Shivtah / Sobota / שבטה / شبطا
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: INT E digital photograph taken 3 December 2005 by Ester Inbar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shivta01_ST_05.JPG] [accessed 9 July 2015] CC licence "The copyright holder of this file, Ester Inbar, allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed. Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other use is permitted."
DO ANOTHER RECORD FOR THIS NORTH CHURCH FONT digital photograph taken 10 July 2011 by ד"ר אבישי טייכר Avishai Teicher via the PikiWiki - Israel free image collection project [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PikiWiki_Israel_13703_North_Church_baptismal_font_Shivta.jpg] [accessed 9 July 2015] CC SA 2.5
FONT digital photograph taken 23 January 2008 by Eitan f [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shivta_Baptismal_font.jpg] [accessed 9 July 2015] GNU+CC3.0
FONT INT digital photograph taken 11 April 2011 by Acer11 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shivta_FrDo0096.JPG] [accessed 9 July 2015] CCC3.0
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ester Inbar, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 December 2005 by Ester Inbar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shivta01_ST_05.JPG] [accessed 9 July 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC licence "The copyright holder of this file, Ester Inbar, allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed. Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other use is permitted."
INFORMATION
FontID: 08889SHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font3?
Church/Chapel: South church / Basilika Subaita / Basilica of Shivta
Country Name: Israel
Location: HaDarom, Mehoz
Directions to Site: Located 56 km SW of Beersheba, near the Nessana highway
Historical Region: Central Negev
Font Location in Church: In the baptistery, S side of the South church
Date: ca. 612-679?
Century and Period: 7th century, Early Christian
Font Notes:
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Large cruciform baptismal font believed to be from the later period of this church, between the years 612 and 679 A.D. A smaller one situated next to it is described -as usual in this web site- as a font for children/infants, although it may well be the reservoir of the baptistery, as other sources prefer to think of these objects. 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] [accessed 5 October 2015].
COORDINATES
UTM: 36R 655814 3417441
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cruciform
Basin Interior Shape: cruciform
Basin Exterior Shape: cruciform