Herodium No. 2 / Herodion / Jabal al-Fureidis / Lower Herodium / هيروديون / הרודיון /

INFORMATION

Font ID: 24327HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 6th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: [Eastern church]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel inside the main hall
Church Address: Mount Herodion 758, Area C, West Bank
Site Location: West Bank, Israel? / Palestine?, Middle East
Directions to Site: Located 5 km SE of Bethlehem, 12 km S of Jerusalem, on the West Bank
Additional Comments: disused font (in an archaeological site)
Font Notes:
Baptismal font font and baptistery 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]: of two rooms unearthed south of the main hall during the excavations, "The western one (2.9 m x 4.5 cm) served as a baptistery. Its small baptismal font was built inside a niche in the center of the eastern wall: it is plastered and cruciform".

COORDINATES

UTM: 36R 712500 3505579

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Font Shape: cruciform, wall mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: cruciform