Citation
Page reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 272, 281, 285, 303 - Book catalogue no.: Aqueducts cat. 6. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92681>
Description
Local Name: Denizoluk
Local Information: The shaft is located above the north (right) bank of the İnce Dere, a tributary of the Yenidere Çayı. It is situated 1.2 km northeast of the modern village of Denizoluk and 13.3 km southeast of Aphrodisias.
Latitude: 37.36.48.376
Longitude: 28.48.58.528
Elevation: 887m
Axis: 345 W
Dimensions: p. H (D): 13.3 m ** p. internal W: 2.2 m by 2.6 m ** Projected original H (D): 50 m ** p. H (tunnel): 2.5 m ** p. W (tunnel): 1.3 m ** p. L (tunnel): 5 m
Description: Preservation: The shaft is currently only 13.3 m deep, but it originally extended down 50 m to the aqueduct conduit underground. Only a few courses of masonry are preserved lining one side of the top of the shaft. The rock above the tunnel system connected to the shaft has collapsed. ** Construction: The shaft is cut through rock. The top of one side is lined with mortared petit appareil masonry built where loose earth sits on top of the bedrock. The system of horizontal tunnels, all dug from the rock, connects to the shaft. ** Description: The shaft, filled in with eroded earth and rock, is currently only 13.3 m deep. For most of its preserved depth, the shaft is 2.2 m by 2.6 m wide. About 1 m above the current bottom of the shaft, the walls are undercut irregularly on three sides and have pickmarks that match those higher up on the walls. ** A tunnel connecting the shaft to the sloping ground surface of the surrounding stream bank is 2.5 m high, 1.3 m wide, and preserved to 5 m long. Close to where it meets the shaft, the tunnel is equipped with three pairs of roughly square cuttings, each across from its mate, arranged vertically. The lowest pair seems to have originally included two cuttings on each side. Directly under the tunnel, the southern wall of the shaft is recessed 0.4 m. Another cutting is visible near the top of the tunnel on its east wall. ** An additional tunnel runs deep into the hillside and splits into numerous dendritic and serpentine branches, which are approximately 0.75 m wide, varying in height from about 0.8 to 1.5 m.