Category:Petra Church baptistery
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This baptistery, constructed in AD 450-500, is one of the largest and best preserved in the entire Near East. The font consists of a cruciform basin sunk into a large, almost square platform. At one corner is a stone jar built into the platform. It might have served for extra water supply or storage but, more probably, was used for the baptism of infants. The four limestone columns supported a canopy over the font and then also supported the second storey.
Media in category "Petra Church baptistery"
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Jordanie Petra Eglise Byzantine Baptistere 20042013 - panoramio.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 772 KB
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Pétra. Les fonts baptismaux de l’église byzantine.jpg 725 × 567; 547 KB
