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Water supply systems in Cyrenaica during the Greek and Roman periods: Cyrene in context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2019

Mohamed Omar M Abdrbba
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Abstract

This article investigates water supply systems in Cyrenaica during both the Greek and Roman periods. Beginning with some general information on water supply systems in Cyrenaica's other cities, it goes on to describe aqueducts and water cisterns recorded during the Cyrene Archaeological Surveys (CAS) around Cyrene in 2015 and 2017. The article explains how water was stored and delivered to the city of Cyrene in antiquity and offers a wider discussion on water distribution in Cyrene in the Greek era and how water supply systems developed through time, moving into the Roman period.

تتناول هذه المقالة دراسة أنظمة إمدادات المياه في إقليم برقة (إقليم المدن الخمس ) خلال العصور اليونانية والرومانية. اًستُهِلَّت المقالة ببعض المعلومات العامة حول نًظًم إمدادات المياه في بعض مدن برقة، وتمضي في وصف قنوات وصهاريج المياه المسجلة خلال المسوح الميدانية (CAS) التي قمت بها حول مدينة قورينا الأثرية وذلك في عامي 2015 و 2017. تسعى المقالة لتوضيح كيفية تخزين المياة وتوزيعها في مدينة قورينا في العصور القديمة، وتقدم مناقشة أوسع حول توزيع المياه في هذه المدينة في العصر اليوناني وكيف تطورت أنظمة إمدادات المياه عبر الزمن وصولاَ إلى العصر الروماني .

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Part 1: 50th Anniversary Research Papers
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Libyan Studies , Volume 50 , November 2019 , pp. 99 - 105
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Copyright © The Society for Libyan Studies 2019 

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