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Type (field_type)
- Any -
Bronze force-pump
tread-wheel with compartmented rim
water-screw (κοΧλιας)
wheel with compartmented rim
force pump
gear driven bucket-chain
-- not categorized --
saqiya pot
chain-pump
shadūf
saqiya
pot-garland
water-screw (κοΧλιας)
waterwheel
suction pump
wheel with compartmented rim
saqiya pot
noria
bucket-chain
bilge-pump
Age (field_age)
- Any -
Coptic
Graeco-Roman
Greek
Imperial
Imperial?
Julio-Claudian
Late Roman
late Roman or Coptic
Medieval period
Persian
post-Roman
Post-Roman?
Roman
Roman and Coptic
Roman or Coptic
Modern name (field_modern_name)
Use (field_use)
- Any -
?
*1* raise water from a well 2*dewatering the chamber 3*fighting fire
cereal
corn-mill
dewater bilge water
dewatering
dewatering as bilge-pump
dewatering bilge water
dewatering bilge water from the ship
dewatering from the mine
dewatering the bilge-water
dewatering the mine
dewatering the sea water
dewatering the water
dewatering water
dewater water from the wheat freighter ship
draining the Roman mine shaft
draining water
drain the bilge
for a bath
for a bath (?)
for agriculture
for a nymphaeum
for a Roman bath
for drinking water
for irrigation (bucket-chains in the hanging garden)
for providing water for a Roman bath
for providing water to a Roman bath
for supplying water for a Roman bath
grain-mill
grinding flour
grist mill
irrigation
it raised water for pottery making
lifting water for the fish tanks
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
maybe not for lifting water
not mentioned??
ore-crushing machinery
ore washing
produce flour for bread oven
provide water for a Roman bath or a fountain
providing water
providing water for a bath
providing water for a Roman bath
pumping
pump the bilge water of the ship
raise water from a well
raising water
raising water for irrigatation
raising water from lower levels to the upper channels or shafts
spreying water to cut rocks
the cistern was served by a bucket-chain in the shaft
the pump was used to raise water for the public baths
to dewater themine
to dewater the mine
to fill the fountain basin
to lift water
to lift water for Roman bath
to lift water for “Terme del Foro”
to lift water for the baths
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to lift water in to small aqueducts to irrigate the fields surrounding the Syrian city
to provide water for a bath
to provide water for a Roman bath
to raise water
to raise water from a reservoir
to raise water from the small basin to a higher level of a pipeline or a channel, which led to a point where containers carried on carts were filled.
to raise water from the small basin to a higher level of a pipeline or a channel, which led to a point where containers carried on carts were filled.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
to raise water from the well it was found.
unknown
water-lifting fro the towers
water supply for a Roman camp
worked as a bilge-pump?
Address
TimeSpan:begin
TimeSpan:end
Age
Country
Modern name
Type
Use
Machine code
Latitude
Longitude
Herculaneum
Julio-Claudian
Italy
Herculaneum
bucket-chain
to lift water for “Terme del Foro”
Her-Bc1
40.805800
14.348900
Hermoupolis 1
-300
-1
Egypt
Hermoupolis 1
bucket-chain
to fill the fountain basin
Heris-Bc2
27.777556
30.818308
Nemi 1
25
200
Italy
Nemi 1
bucket-chain
drain the bilge
Nem1-Bc
41.719675
12.716725
Kafr-Manda (Galilee, Israel)
-600
-300
Israel
Kafr-Manda (Galilee, Israel)
pot-garland
unknown
Kafr-Sq
32.812361
35.258614
Dakka (Nubia)
-400
-300
Egypt
Dakka (Nubia)
saqiya
Dakka
22.800997
32.545747
Cyrene (Libya)
-400
400
Graeco-Roman
Lybia
Cyrene (Libya)
bucket-chain
the cistern was served by a bucket-chain in the shaft
Cyrene
32.827778
21.862222
Kom Aushim,Karanis
250
310
Graeco-Roman
Egypt
Kom Aushim,Karanis
saqiya pot
for agriculture
KomA-Sq
29.566667
30.916667
Cilurnum
100
500
Roman
United Kingdom
Walwick, Northumberland, Chesters
waterwheel
for a bath (?)
55.026000
-2.139000
Caesarea
1
300
Roman
Israel
waterwheel
32.511497
34.905786
Saalburg
1
200
Roman
Germany
Bad Homburg
bucket-chain
raise water from a well
50.222833
8.629231
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