Pamukkale / Hierapolis / Pambuk Kalessi / Tambuk Kalessi
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Scene Description: the museum where the font resides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2011 by Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: image and Permission received (e-mail of 22 November 2011)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2011 by Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: image and Permission received (e-mail of 22 November 2011)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2011 by Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: image and Permission received (e-mail of 22 November 2011)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2011 by Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: image and Permission received (e-mail of 22 November 2011)
INFORMATION
FontID: 17741HIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Museum and Inventory Number: Hierapolis Örenyeri Müzesi [formerly Hierapolis Archaeology Museum]
Church/Chapel: [not in a church]
Country Name: Turkey
Location: Denizli Ili
Directions to Site: Located 18 km N of Denizli
Century and Period: 5th century, Byzantine
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Monserrat Estela, of www.romanicat.net, for her photographs of this object
Font Notes:
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A roughly hemispherical vessel displayed in the gardens of the Hierapolis Örenyeri Müzesi bears a label that identifies it as a Byzantine baptismal font of the 5th century. It is now raised on a modern pedestal, but it is not known whether it originally had a base.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 37.925086, 29.125898
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 37° 55′ 30.31″ N, 29° 7′ 33.23″ E
UTM: 35S 686848 4199634
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round