C049: Timeles Aqueduct, İnce Dere Access Shaft
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), 270-271, 281, 285, 303 - Book catalogue no.: Aqueducts cat. 6. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/92686>
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C049
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Waterworks 4: Roman
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Local Name: Denizoluk Local Information: The shaft is located on the north (right) bank of the İnce Dere, a tributary of the Yenidere Çayı. It is situated 1.8 km east of the modern village of Denizoluk and 14.1 km southeast of Aphrodisias. Latitude: 37.36.36.115 Longitude: 28.49.32.335 Elevation: 581m Dimensions: p. H (D) (exterior shaft): 6.3 m ** p. W (exterior shaft): 3.5 m ** W (interior shaft): 1.45 m by 1.45 m ** Projected original D (floor of conduit): 9 m ** p. H (access conduit) (approximate): 1.25 m ** W (access conduit) (approximate): 1.45 m ** p. L (access conduit) (approximate): 2 m Description: Preservation: The barrel vault of the vertical shaft has collapsed, along with the upper courses of the west, east, and south walls of the structure. Only the north wall, along with a portion of the vault, are built into the hillside and are therefore well preserved. The aqueduct conduit and horizontal access conduit have been incorporated into a modern pumping system, so they too are well preserved. Most of the barrel-vaulted structure attached to the southern end of the access conduit has been destroyed, so that only a little more than 1 m of it stands. Only the highest voussoirs of the vault of the aqueduct conduit are visible, because the conduit is full of water, mud, and debris. ** Construction: The vertical shaft is built of roughly worked, mortared field stones and is topped by a barrel vault. The stones of the shaft are 0.20–0.30 m long, 0.10–0.15 m high, 0.20–0.30 m deep. The horizontal access conduit is barrel vaulted and built of mortared masonry, with regularly shaped, rectangular blocks 0.20–0.30 m on a side. ** Description: The vertical shaft is 1.45 m by 1.45 m internally, and the vertical walls are 0.90–1 m thick. The depth of the shaft, from the vault to the top of the conduit below, is approximately 6.3 m. It is topped by a barrel vault oriented perpendicular to the stream bed and to the aqueduct conduit under ground. The bottom of the shaft at its point of intersection with the conduit is accessible via a horizontal access conduit, which emerges from the north (left) bank of the stream. The access conduit runs perpendicular to the aqueduct conduit. The floor of the access conduit lies approximately 0.1 m lower than the top of the vault of the aqueduct conduit. The access conduit intersects with the vertical shaft about 5 m down from the top of the shaft. The conduit is 2.3 m long, 1.45 m wide, and about 1.25 m high. A pair of putlog holes under the springing of the vault is located 0.2 m from where the conduit meets the shaft. A barrel-vaulted masonry structure has been attached to the southern end of the access conduit. A vertical wall approximately 1 m high and built of stones with their long sides placed vertically, rather than horizontally as seen on the inspection shaft, connects the two barrel vaults. This barrel-vaulted structure is more than 1 m long and approximately 1.2 m wide.
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