Laodicea / Eski Nissar / Eskihisar
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B01: symbol - cross - Latin - pattée
Scene Description: on the two remaining sides of the fragment
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Linda Kane, 2004
Image Source: http://holylandphotos.org
Copyright Instructions: Image reproduced under conditions stipulated in http://holylandphotos.org [specific permission requested]
INFORMATION
FontID: 10289LAO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)?
Church/Chapel: [early-Christian temple?]
Country Name: Turkey
Location: Denizli Ili
Directions to Site: Laodicea [Eskihisar] is located to the W of Hierapolis and Colossae [about 13 km] , in the SW coast of Turkey, N of Antalya
Font Location in Church: [found in the grounds]
Century and Period: Early Christian
Font Notes:
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The artifact found in this location, a lower corner piece showing potent Latin crosses on both sides may be all that is left of an old baptismal font from the early-Christian church known to have existed here since Paul's time [ref. in Col 4:16], and "the last of the seven churches addressed in the book of Revelation (1:11; 3:14-22), as reported in Herner. [source: http://holylandphotos.org and photograph by Linda Kane] -- [cf. Index entry for Thessaloniki No. 2, for a possible baptistery made up of similarly decorated sides]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: [fragment]
REFERENCES
Les premiers monuments chrétiens de la France, Paris: A. Picard ; Ministère ce la culture et de la francophonie, Direction du patrimoine, Sous-direction de l'archéologue, 1995-1998
Hemer, Colin J., The Letters of the Seven Churches of Asia in their Local Setting, Grand Rapids, MI / Livonia, MI: W.B. Eerdmans / Dove Booksellers, 2001
Yamauchi, Edwin M., The Archaeology of New Testament Cities in Western Asia Minor, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1980