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| dc.contributor.author | Aphrodisias Regional Survey | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-23T17:11:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-08-23T17:11:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-05-24 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Page reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 220, 287, 305, 306 - Book catalogue no.: Aqueducts cat. 7. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92567> | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | B049 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92567 | |
| dc.description | Local Name: Tekeliler Köyü | en_US |
| dc.description | Local Informant: Mehmet Aymak | en_US |
| dc.description | Local Information: Reported that in 1964 the cistern was cemented entirely over, but now much of the cement has flaked off. In inscription over door, Islamic date is 1241, so constructed some time in 1820s. Located on the Bingeç plateau, 1.4 km east of the modern village of Tekeliler and 14.2 km south of ** Aphrodisias. | en_US |
| dc.description | Latitude: 37.34.57.30 | en_US |
| dc.description | Longitude: 28.41.14.82 | en_US |
| dc.description | Elevation: 853m | en_US |
| dc.description | Dimensions: H (total) (approximate): 5.5 m ** Diam (total): 10 m ** D (below ground level): 2 m ** H (drum) (approximate): 2.5 m ** Th (drum wall): 0.75–1.10 m ** H (dome) (approximate): 3 m ** Internal Diam (dome) (approximate): 9 m | en_US |
| dc.description | Description: Preservation: The exterior coat of cement on the dome and the interior mortar waterproofing appear to date to 1964. The cistern currently contains no water but shows evidence of use as a campsite. ** Construction: The cistern is a composite structure formed by a cylindrical drum on top of which rests a dome. The cistern is built of fieldstones and bricks presumably around a mortared rubble core. The fieldstones, many of which are low-grade marble and quartz, are not laid in courses and are bonded with a white, lime-based mortar with dense red inclusions smaller than 0.015 m. The stones vary greatly in size. Inside the cistern, the even courses of regular, rectangular blocks forming the dome are visible. The blocks are about ** 0.20 m long and 0.10–0.15 m high. These courses start directly above a line of putlog holes set into the interior of the dome. This line of putlog holes is situated about 1 m above the top of an interior coating of mortar within the cistern, which extends up about 2 m from the bottom of the cistern. The putlog holes are placed about every 0.30 m. ** Description: The cistern is situated near a Byzantine settlement where a large, vaulted subterranean cistern and agricultural blocks have been documented (F009). The cylindrical drum of the cistern has an exterior circumference of about 32 m at ground level and an overall diameter of 10 m. The cistern incorporates a drum approximately 2.5 m high, on top of which sits a dome covered in white-gray cement. An instep or ledge between the drum and the dome is obscured by this layer of cement. The thickness of the drum varies from 1.10m at the ground level to 0.75 m where the dome begins. The dome is approximately 3 m high, has an internal diameter of approximately 9 m, and is topped by a vertically placed stone. ** The doorway faces east and pierces the drum. The jambs and lintel are all reused marble blocks. The bottom of the lintel has been carved with a semicircular opening. A stone slab with an Arabic inscription is cemented into the wall above the lintel. The dome and the upper courses of the drum are coated in a damaged layer of gray cement, into which is carved the year 1964 above and to the right of the doorway. This exterior coat of cement and the interior mortar waterproofing seem to date to the same time, perhaps 1964. ** Within the left (south) interior wall of the doorway is placed a recessed, triangle-shaped niche. The niche is 0.24 m wide, 0.20 m high, and 0.30 m deep. The flat surface of this niche is smooth, and the worn edge of the marble block that forms the bottom of the niche indicates a long period of use, perhaps to hold a water container. ** The current floor inside the cistern is 2 m below the ground level outside. A staircase leads down from the doorway of the cistern to the floor. From inside the cistern, three entryways are visible at the level of the top of the 2 m high mortar lining. They are about 0.25 m by 0.30 m and are topped by large stone slabs. Two of these entryways have been filled with stones. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Waterworks | en_US |
| dc.subject | 7: Ottoman | en_US |
| dc.title | B049: Ottoman Cistern at Tekeliler | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |
| dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Archaeology | en_US |
| dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
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| dc.owningcollname | Aphrodisias Regional Survey |
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