C048: Timeles Aqueduct, Şaban Deresi Bridge
Aphrodisias Regional Survey
2006-06-18
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Page reference: Christopher Ratté and Peter D. De Staebler (eds.). Aphrodisias V. The Aphrodisias Regional Survey (Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Darmstadt/Mainz, 2012), 281, 283, 284, 302, 303 - Book catalogue no.: Aqueducts cat. 6. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92685>
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C048
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Waterworks 4: Roman
Description
Local Name: Denizoluk Local Information: The bridge is located on the S¸aban Deresi, a wide dere feeding into the İnce Dere, a tributary of the Yenidere Çayı. The remains are situated 2.3 km east of the modern village of Denizoluk and 14.4 km southeast of Aphrodisias. Latitude: 37.36.35.036 Longitude: 28.49.49.734 Elevation: 838m Axis: 74 Dimensions: p. H: 13 m ** p. W: 6.7 m (west pier and buttress); 3.7 m (east pier) ** p. L: 50 m ** Projected original H: 20 m ** Projected original L: more than 50 m ** Projected original H (conduit above streambed): 18 m ** Projected original arch span: 12 m ** p. W (conduit): 1.50 m ** p. Th (side walls): 1.10 m (south); 0.9 m (north) ** Projected original W (west pier): 3.70 m ** W (west pier buttress): 3.20 m ** Preserved distance between piers: 14.5 m Description: Preservation: The two piers of the bridge remain standing on either side of the dere. The arch has collapsed, and large masses of mortared rubble sit in the streambed. Facing blocks remain in place only on the downstream (south) side of the bridge, which is much better preserved than the upstream side. ** Construction: The bridge is constructed of mortared rubble faced with petit appareil masonry. The facing blocks include various fieldstones such as schist, 0.20–0.50 m long, 0.15–0.20 m high, and 0.20–0.50 m deep, and leveled with chinking stones. The white lime-based mortar has densely packed stone inclusions that vary greatly in size, with most less than 0.02 m. The masonry is noticeably different from that of the other bridges, both in the regularity and level placement of the facing blocks and in the pointing of the joints. ** Description: The bridge is preserved to a height of 13 m, a width of 6.7 m, and a length of 50 m. Based on the visible remains of the conduit, the bridge was originally 20 m high. The west pier is founded on an outcrop of peridotite. A spring or leveling course, with blocks similar to the facing blocks, projects slightly from the south face at a height of 2.5 m above the ground on the west pier and 6 m above the ground on the east pier. The bridge is a composite structure. The original structure carried the conduit across the gorge. The conduit is 1.50 m wide internally and has one preserved (south) side wall 1.10 m wide. Assuming that the other side wall was also 1.10 m wide, the total width of the original bridge was 3.70 m. A separate mortared rubble structure 3.20 m wide abuts on the south face of the original bridge. Only the south face of this structure is faced with petit appareil masonry, and its mortared rubble core is laid directly up against the south side of the original bridge. It is likely a buttress. The distance between the damaged piers is 14.5 m, and the arch has been reconstructed with a span of approximately 12 m.
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