machines
| Title | Age | Country | General description | Machine code | Modern name | Name | number | other names | Period | Title |
Type |
Use | Location |
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| Nineveh | Persian | Iraq | relief from the Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh 7th century BC two banks of shadufs raising water from river for irrigation | Tigris and Khosr junction | Shaduf | 7th century BC | Nineveh | shadūf | irrigation |
NinevehNineveh Iraq |
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| Wadi Mourrat mine | Coptic | Egypt | ore washing installations with inclined washing tables and decantation tanks have been found at the Wadi Mourrat with shaduf installation | Shaduf | Wadi Mourrat mine | shadūf | ore washing | ||||||
| Uthina (Oudna) | Imperial | Tunisia | a Roman mosaic floor, a depiction of a shaduf in use for irrigation at House of Laberii the original mosaic floor is now in Bordo museum | Oudna | shaduf | I AD-II AD | Uthina (Oudna) | shadūf | irrigation |
Site archéologique UTHINABen Arous |
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| Wadi Mourrat mine | Coptic | Egypt | ore washing installations with inclined washing tables and decantation tanks have been found at the Wadi Mourrat with shaduf installation | Shaduf | Wadi Mourrat mine | shadūf | ore washing |
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| Deir el-Kahf | Roman | Southern Syria (Jordan) | Roman fort (Monastry of Caves), 45 km from Azraq, Eastern Desert, Jordan several evidence of existince of lakkos (pool) and agogos (aqueduct channel) | Hauran, Southern Syria | shaduf | III-IV AD | Deir el-Kahf | shadūf | to raise water from a reservoir |
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