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

INFORMATION

Font ID: 24328HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 7th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: [Northern church]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
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 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