Bet Medhane Alem / Biet Medani Alem / Bieta Medhane Alem / Inda Medhani Alem / Enda Medani Alem [nr. Lalibela ላሊበላ]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17528BIE
Church/Chapel: Bet Medhane Alem [House of the Redeemer of the World]
Country Name: Ethiopia
Location: Amhara
Directions to Site: Located near Lalibela
Historical Region: Bugna woreda
Century and Period: , Medieval
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Square sunken opening with one stone step on the side. Believed to be a baptismal and/or purification font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 37P 503628 1330240
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: square (sunken)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square