The name baptistery was also applied to the pool itself, which could be square, round, hexagonal, oblong, cruciform, or octagonal.
اما الحوض نفسه فكان مربَّعا ،‏ مستديرا ،‏ مسدَّسا ،‏ مستطيلا ،‏ مثمَّنا ،‏ او على شكل صليب .‏