Cumae / Cuma / Κύμα / Κύμη

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Parco archeologico di Cuma"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GianlucaIsidoro, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 4 September 2016 by GianlucaIsidoro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Particolare_del_Tempio_di_Giove.jpg] [accessed 6 July 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Parco archeologico di Cuma"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GianfrancoVitolo, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph 3 May 2015 by GianfrancoVitolo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IParco_archeologico_di_Cuma_12.JPG] [accessed 6 July 2023]

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Scavi archeologici di Cuma" -- some fragments of the polished stone lining on the interior of the font remains on the sides

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "The remains of the Temple of Jupiter located on the top of the acropolis of Cumae. The temple was later used as a church, the baptismal font can still be seen in the back of the building."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alexander Van Loon, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2013 by AlexanderVanLoon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cumae_Temple_of_Jupiter_back_AvL.JPG] [accessed 6 July 2023]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Scavi archeologici di Cuma"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Saverio.G, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2018 by Saverio.G [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parco_archeologico_Cuma_35.jpg] [accessed 6 July 2023]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Scavi archeologici di Cuma" -- some of the polished stone lining on the exterior of the font remains around the outer sides

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Saverio.G, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2018 by Saverio.G [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parco_archeologico_Cuma_33.jpg] [accessed 6 July 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24735CUM
Church/Chapel: [Early Christian basilica [formerly Tempio di Giove]]
Church Location: Strada Provinciale Cuma Licola, 5, 80078 Monte di Cuma NA, Italy
Country Name: Italy
Location: Napoli, Campania
Directions to Site: The Cumae archaelogical site is located off (W) local road Strada Provinciale Cuma Licola, W of the A56 [aka Via Domiziana], about 15 km W of Naples
Historical Region: Magna Graecia
Font Location in Church: Inside the former basilica church
Century and Period: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: original Greek temple [ca. 6th-5thC BC]; became Christian basilica dedicated to St. Antimo [aka San Massimo] 5th-6th AD; abandoned 13thC
Baptismal font of the above-ground tank type, in the 5th-6th century Early-Christian basilica in Cumae [now an archaeological park]; the font is circular inside and out, of three concentric circles made of rough boulders but lined with polished stone inside and out.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 40.848611, 14.053611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 40° 50′ 55″ N, 14° 3′ 13″ E
UTM: 33T 420225 4522383

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round