Cordoba No. 3 / Córdoba / Cordova / Corduba / Karmona / Colonia Patricia
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Scene Description: notice the damage to the sides and the apparently blocked drain in the centre of the inner well
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed 2008
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10919COR
Object Type: Other
Object Details: Ablutions Font, Islamic vessel
Date Visited: 2005-06-10
Font Century and Period/Style: 10th century (?), Caliphal
Cognate Fonts: a similar ablutions font listed as Cordoba No. 4
Museum: Museo de la Catedral/Mezquita
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Catedral
Font Location in Church: In the museum of the Catedral/Mezquita
Church Address: C. Cardenal Herrero, º 1, Centro, 14003 Córdoba, Spain
Site Location: Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: The museum is located inside the cathedral
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
COORDINATES
UTM: 30S 343503 4193869
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 37.878883, -4.779487
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 37° 52′ 43.98″ N, 4° 46′ 46.15″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (white)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Notes on Measurements: [measurements not taken -- the object appears to be roughly 30 x 50 cm]