Herodium No. 3 / Herodion / Jabal al-Fureidis / Lower Herodium / هيروديون / הרודיון /

INFORMATION

FontID: 24328HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Church/Chapel: [Northern church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
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: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Century and Period: 5th - 7th century, Early Christian
Font Notes:
Baptismal 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]: the baptistery here is described as a 1.9 x 2.22 room south of the presbitery/bema/chancel, in the centre of which was a basin "approximately 60 x 60 cm), which was built of and coated with mortar and partially sunken into the white mosaic floor. This was most likely a baptismal font, and the room itself a baptistery".

COORDINATES

UTM: 36R 712500 3505579