Ephesus nr. Selçuk
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Scene Description: view from the south side across towards the north [NB: orientation is approximate]
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![view across east to west [NB: orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150423036_compressed.png)
Scene Description: view across east to west [NB: orientation is approximate]
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![view across from southeast to northwest [NB: orientation is approximate]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150423035_compressed.png)
Scene Description: view across from southeast to northwest [NB: orientation is approximate]
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view of basin - interior - detail
Scene Description: the decorated lining of the sides/wings
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view of basin - interior
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Image Source: digital photograph 5 October 2023 by Mireya Cunningham
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Image Source: digital photograph 5 October 2023 by Mireya Cunningham
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view of font in context - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph 5 October 2023 by Mireya Cunningham
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![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]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150423042_compressed.png)
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]
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view of church interior - detail
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view of church interior - plan
Scene Description: with the baptistery attached on the north side
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view of baptistery interior - detail
Scene Description: one of the eight inner apses?
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view of baptistery interior - detail
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Scene Description: one of the 'pits' near the font
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view of baptistery - plan
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19837EPH
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Date Visited: 2015-03-22
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: St. Jean (Aziz Yahya) Kilisesi / St. Jean Aniti / Basilica of St. John the Apostle / Βασιλική του Αγίου Ιωάννη του Θεολόγου
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, in the attached baptistery, on the N side of the basilica, W of the N transept
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Church Notes: 6thC church built by Justinian
Church Address: Atatürk, St. Jean Cd., 35920 Selçuk/İzmir, Türkiye
Site Location: Izmir, Aegean, Turkey, Asia
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
Additional Comments: disused font (in an archaeological site)
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mireya Cunningham for her addional photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 35S 532313 4200609
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 37.9525, 27.3678
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 37° 57′ 9″ N, 27° 22′ 4.08″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: sunken font, rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Basin Depth: 80-90 cm?* [approx.]
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]