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ASPENDOS (Büyükbelkis)

aqueduct ID: 646
name: ASPENDOS
modern name: Büyükbelkis
other names (Mod/Clas): Aspendus
aqueduct name:
country: Turkey
age: Roman
period: 2d AD
length (km): 19
dimension WxH (m): 0.6-0.74 x 1.3
volume (m³/day): 5600
mean gradient (m/km): 27
Destination Town
Construction elements AS|SML|TQ|IB|ZN
notes:

DOUBLE siphon with 2 towers and 3 venter bridges see :Elements stone pressure conduit-velocity : 1.05 m / sec
RefCode title authors year pages
Blackman2001b Two sets of technical comments Blackman, D R, Peleg, Y 2001
Eaa1958 Acquedotto Carettoni, G 1958
Fahlbusch1982 Vergleich antiker griechischer und römischer Wasserversorgungsanlagen Fahlbusch, H 1982
Front2 Die Wasserversorgung antiker Städte Band 2: Pergamon-Brunnen 1991
Grewe1998 Licht am Ende des Tunnels, Planung und Trassierung in Antiker Tunnelbau Grewe, K 1998
Hodge1992 Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply Hodge, A T 1992
Kessener1998a The pressure line of the Aspendos aqueduct Kessener, H P M, Piras, S 1998
Kessener1998b The Aspendos aqueduct and the Roman Seljuk Bridge across the Eurymedo Kessener, H P M, Piras, S 1998
Kessener2000 The aqueduct at Aspendos and its inverted shiphon Kessener, H P M 2000
Kessener2000b The Aspendos Aqueduct Research Project (AARP) field campaigns 1996 and 1998 Kessener, P 2000
Kessener2001a Vitruvius and the conveyance of water Kessener, H P M 2001
Kessener2001b The Aspendos aqueduct, an outstanding example of Roman hydraulic technology Kessener, H P M 2001
Lanckoronski1890 Städte Pamphyliens und Pisidiens Lanckoronski, K 1890
Ortloff2003 Computational fluid dynamics investigation of the hydraulic behaviour of the Roman inverted siphon system at Aspendos Ortloff, C R, Kassinos, A 2003
Ozis1994 Historische Wasserbauten in Anatolien, ein Fundstellen und Literatuurverzeichnis Özis, Ü 1994
Ozis1995 Çağlar Boyunca Anadolu'da su Mühendisliği Özis, Ü 1995
Peleg2001 Two sets of technical comments Peleg, Y 2001
Piras2001 The Aspendos aqueduct, historical and archaeological aspects Piras, S A G 2001
Surmelihindi2013a Laminated carbonate deposits in Roman aqueducts: origin, processes and implications Sürmelihindi, G, Passchier, C W, Spötl, Kessener, P, Bestmann, M, Jacob, D E 2013
Talbert2000 Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World Talbert, R J A 2000
Wardperkins1955 The aqueduct of Aspendos Ward-Perkins, J B 1955
W_Hansen Roman water systems in south-Central Turkey Hansen, R D
W_RomanAspendos Aspendos

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