Merida No. 6 / Emerita Augusta / Mérida

INFORMATION

Font ID: 21277MER
Object Type: Baptistery?
Font Century and Period/Style: 2nd - 5th century, Hispano-Roman? / Early Christian?
Church / Chapel Name: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: Pl. de España, 06800 Mérida, Badajoz
Site Location: Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Khatchatrian (1982) includes "une maison d'habitation romaine" that would have been used for the liturgy by early Christians, with a well [puits] and a rectangular basin [cuve] 1.33 x 0.80 cm. Khatchatrian (ibid.) gives references to Mélida (1917) and Cabrol (1933). [NB: not clear whether this is the site known as Casa Herrera, just outside of Mérida, or not, especially since Khatchatrian does not have an entry for Casa Herrera] [cf. Index entry for Casa Herrera].

COORDINATES

UTM: 29S 730004 4310838

REFERENCES

  • Khatchatrian, Armen, Origine et typologie des baptistères paléochrétiens, Mulhouse: Centre de Culture Chrétienne, 1982, p. 107 and fig. 289