Ephesus nr. Selçuk

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of baptistery - plan

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of baptistery interior - detail

Scene Description: one of the 'pits' near the font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of baptistery interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of baptistery interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of baptistery interior - detail

Scene Description: one of the eight inner apses?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of basin - interior - detail

Scene Description: the decorated lining of the sides/wings

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of church interior - nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of church interior - plan

Scene Description: with the baptistery attached on the north side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: view across from southeast to northwest [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: view across east to west [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: view from the south side across towards the north [NB: orientation is approximate]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of font - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: an adult would stand to the waste or so when the feet are placed all the way inside the well [NB: here the person is avoiding the stagnant water at the bottom of the well]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2015 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph 5 October 2023 by Mireya Cunningham

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 October 2023)

view of font in context

Image Source: digital photograph 5 October 2023 by Mireya Cunningham

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 October 2023)

view of font in context - detail

Image Source: digital photograph 5 October 2023 by Mireya Cunningham

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 October 2023)

INFORMATION

FontID: 19837EPH

Church/Chapel: St. Jean (Aziz Yahya) Kilisesi / St. Jean Aniti / Basilica of St. John the Apostle / Βασιλική του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Θεολόγου

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist

Church Location: Atatürk, St. Jean Cd., 35920 Selçuk/İzmir, Türkiye

Country Name: Turkey

Location: Izmir, Aegean

Directions to Site: Located on Ayasuluk Hill, W of the D550 [Selçuk/İzmir Yolu], near the centre of Selçuk, 3-4 km from Ephesus city centre

Font Location in Church: Outside the church, in the attached baptistery, on the N side of the basilica, W of the N transept

Century and Period: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mireya Cunningham for her addional photographs of this church and font

Church Notes: 6thC church built by Justinian

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Sunken baptismal piscina located in the ruins of the baptistery attached to the north side of the Basilica of St. John the Apostle in Selçuk, near Ephesus. The baptistery itself is shown in the archaeological plans as an octagonal building with internal apses on each side; the sunken piscina has a centre section also octagonal in shape, with two rectangular arms oriented east-west, with a set of stairs at each end; near the sides of the octagonal centre, but separate from it are three square pits, two large and one small; the large ones are lined up symetrically north and south on the central basin, while the smaller pit is located on the north side, west of the large pit, still on the side of the piscina. The inner sides of the piscina are lined with marble (?) plates, some of which are coloured; the steps leading into the piscina are also lined. Although we have no measurements at the moment, the depth of the piscina is such that an average adult stands about waste high, perhaps around three feet.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 37.9525, 27.3678

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 37° 57′ 9″ N, 27° 22′ 4.08″ E

UTM: 35S 532313 4200609

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: rectangular (sunken piscina)

Basin Interior Shape: octagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Basin Depth: 80-90 cm?* [approx.]

Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]