1. Yardenna Alexandre Israel Antiquities Authority
THE INVERTED SIPHON PIPELINES TO TEL BET YERAH-AL-SINNABRA
Yardenna Alexandre
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Water in Antiquity Conference, Israel October 2012

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BET YERAH
EXCAVATION
R. JORDAN
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3. Israel Antiquities Authority
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 below basalt pipeline cut by 1960s water pipe
Clay pipeline uncovered by mechanical digger
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Clay pipeline
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The Finds CE
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11. Plan and section of basalt and clay pipes
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12. Basalt blocks in courtyards
Secondary use as drinking fountain at Degania
Basalt blocks presented as pipeline at the Yardenit
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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
Basalt pipe blocks next to the old road from Moshavat Kinneret to Kibbutz Kinneret, 1950
R. Amiran
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14. Berenice Water Channel
 T. Tsuk
 Y Stephanski
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Tell Bet Yerah
Ummayad bathhouse hypocaust and circular pool, s excavations
Tell
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16. Tell Bet Yerah clay pipes
Clay pipeline in present excavation
Clay pipeline adjacent to bathhouse
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17. Bet Yerah/al-Sinnabra inverted siphon pipeline: Reconstruction Drawing
Berenice
Aqueduct
al-Sinnabra
bathhouse
Jordan
river
By Stephen Rosenberg
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Hippos-Sussita
Sea of Galilee
Sussita
Bet Yerah
M. Eisenberg
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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)
THANKS
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