Cordoba No. 3 / Córdoba / Cordova / Corduba / Karmona / Colonia Patricia
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed on June 10, 2005
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Scene Description: notice the damage to the sides and the apparently blocked drain in the centre of the inner well
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed 2008
INFORMATION
FontID: 10919COR
Object Type: Ablutions font
Museum and Inventory Number: Museo de la Catedral/Mezquita
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Catedral [former mosque]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Córdoba, Andalucía
Font Location in Church: In the museum of the Catedral/Mezquita
Century and Period: 10th century (?), Caliphal
Cognate Fonts: a similar ablutions font listed as Cordoba No. 4
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: quadrangular pyramidal ablutions font made of marble and listed in the Museo de la Catedral/Mezquita de Cordoba as "Pila califal / Siglo X"; it appears to have a central draining hole and shows considerable damage on two sides of the sloping basin. A similar object, also held in this museum, is listed in this Index as Cordoba No. 4
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (white)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Notes on Measurements: [measurements not taken -- the object appears to be roughly 30 x 50 cm]