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Surroundings:

Punic baths, KerkouaneKerkouaneKerkouane, RazorKerkuane, Peristil HouseNecropolis of KerkuaneKerkouane, Pottery KilnNecropolis of KerkouaneASPISClypea

Location:

  • Tunisia, Kélibia
  • geo:36.909698,11.105251
  • Location uncertain

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=46401

Annotations

The baptismal font of the Church of Father Felix at Kelibia wasconstructed in the sixth century.  according to the inscription of mosaic decoration it was dedictaed to Bishop Cyprian. Kelibia Baptistery iscurrently housed in Museum of Bardo.

See:

  1. Christian Courtois,  Baptistère découvert à Kélibia , CRAI, vol. 100, n°2, 1956, p. 139 - http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=65154&dirids=1
  2. Robin Jensen, Living Water: Images, Symbols, and Settings of Early Christian Baptism, Brill 2010, pp. 213, 214
  3. Aïcha Ben Abed Ben Khader, Tunisian Mosaics: Treasures from Roman Africa, Getty Publications, 2006, p. 107

Relevant museums

Bardo Museum - Tunis

Bardo Museum - Tunis


Nearby

Demna. Basilica

Demna. Basilica

Granary

Granary

Baths

Baths


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