Bet Medhane Alem / Biet Medani Alem / Bieta Medhane Alem / Inda Medhani Alem / Enda Medani Alem [nr. Lalibela ላሊበላ]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 17528BIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Bet Medhane Alem [House of the Redeemer of the World]
Church Address: 22MV+FG7, Lalibela, Ethiopia
Site Location: Amhara, Ethiopia, Africa
Directions to Site: Located off road D31, N of the B22, near Lalibela, to the NW
Historical Region: Bugna woreda
Font Notes:
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: sunken font, square
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square