water in antiquity conference, israel 14-20 october 2012 yardenna alexandre israel antiquities...
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Water in Antiquity Conference, Israel 14-20 October 2012
Yardenna AlexandreIsrael Antiquities Authority
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THE INVERTED SIPHON PIPELINES TO TEL BET YERAH-AL-SINNABRA
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BET YERAH
EXCAVATION
R. JORDAN
The Earthwork Damage
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Basalt Pipeline
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Basalt Pipeline
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Basalt Pipeline
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Clay pipeline
Clay pipeline uncovered by mechanical digger
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Clay pipeline below basalt pipeline cut by 1960s water pipe
Clay pipeline
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The Finds
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660-680 CE
Plan and section of basalt and clay pipes
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Basalt blocks in courtyards
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Basalt blocks presented as pipeline at the Yardenit
Secondary use as drinking fountain at Degania
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• Where did the basalt pipeline come from?
• Where was it going? • When was it built? • What is the relationship
between the clay pipe and the basalt pipe? A. Saarisalo
R. Amiran
Basalt pipe blocks next to the old road from Moshavat Kinneret to Kibbutz Kinneret, 1950
Berenice Water Channel
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Tell Bet Yerah
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Tell
Ummayad bathhouse hypocaust and circular pool, 1950s excavations
Tell Bet Yerah clay pipes
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Clay pipeline adjacent to bathhouse
Clay pipeline in present excavation
Bet Yerah/al-Sinnabra inverted siphon pipeline: Reconstruction
Drawing
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By Stephen Rosenberg
Berenice Aqueduct
al-Sinnabrabathhouse
Jordan river
Hippos-Sussita
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Sea of Galilee
Sussita
Bet Yerah
M. E
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Credits and Consultations• Meqorot water company (finance) • R. Mishayev and M. Kahan, IAA (surveying) • Y. Shmidov, IAA (drafting)• A. Shapiro, IAA (GPS, petrography) • H. Tahan-Rosen, IAA (artifacts drawing)• L. Kupershmidt, IAA (metallurgical laboratory)• C. Amit, IAA (coin photography)• G. Bijovsky, IAA (numismatics) • Y. Gorin-Rosen, IAA (glass) • M. Hartal and W. Atrash, IAA (Tiberias Excavations)• S. Paz, Institute of Archaeology Tel Aviv University
(Tel Bet Yerah Archaeological Expedition)• T. Tsuk, chief archaeologist National Parks
Authority (Ancient water systems, some photographs)
• Z. Ahipaz, chief water engineer National Water Authority (modern water systems)
• M. Eisenberg, Haifa University (Hippos-Sussita Expedition)
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THANKS