Herodium No. 1 / Herodion / Jabal al-Fureidis / Lower Herodium / هيروديون / הרודיון /
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Netzer, Birger-Calderon and Feller, 1995
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in The Churches of Herodium (1995) by Ehud Netzer, Rivka Birger-Calderon and Ayala Feller [http://herodium.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/nezer/Netzer_The_Churches_of_Herodium.pdf] [accessed 30 September 2022]
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font hewn in stone in the shape of a cross. Central church at Herodium. 6th century CE. Stone. H: 80; Diam: 100 cm"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Ardon Bar-Hama, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph by The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Ardon Bar-Hama, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem [https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/198248] [accessed 30 September 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24326HER
Museum and Inventory Number: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Church/Chapel: [Central church]
Church Location: Mount Herodion 758, Area C, West Bank
Country Name: Israel? / Palestine?
Location: West Bank
Directions to Site: Located 5 km SE of Bethlehem, 12 km S of Jerusalem, on the West Bank
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 6th - 7th century, Early Christian
Cognate Fonts: the one at the monastery church of Mount Nebo, and in the churches of Teko'a and Emmaus
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
Baptismal font reported in The Churches of Herodium (1995) by Ehud Netzer, Rivka Birger-Calderon and Ayala Feller [http://herodium.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/nezer/Netzer_The_Churches_of_Herodium.pdf] [accessed 30 September 2022] inside a ca. 2 x 2 m. baptistery room in the central church of the three in Herodium: "In its center stood the baptismal font. hewn out of a single stone, shaped like the drum of a column, 1.1 m in diameter and 85 cm high. The font was quatrefoil and had a square recess a the bottom. A small cross was engraved in the wall of the font The mosaic floor of the baptistery, around the font, had a combination of flowers and geometrical shapes, and a cruciform decoration at the front of the font. The baptistery had no door, but opened to the souther aisle". This source also points out that there was a baptismal font in each of the three churches of Herodium. Noted and illustrated in The Israel Museum, Jerusalem [https://www.imj.org.il/en/collections/198248] [accessed 30 September 2022]: "Baptismal font hewn in stone in the shape of a cross. Central church at Herodium. 6th century CE. Stone. H: 80; Diam: 100 cm"
COORDINATES
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: cruciform
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 111 cm* / 100 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm* / 80 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes] / **
