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Water technology database

Database coordinator: Andrew Wilson

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No.DocumentLineSiteAreaCategoryWordTypeDescription
Written
After
Before
Machines
563. 
SB XVI 12333
11
Oxyrhynchite Nome
μηχανή
saqiya
water-lifting.
189
193
1
564. 
SB XVI 12333
12
Oxyrhynchite Nome
τροχός
water-wheel
water-lifting.
189
193
1
565. 
SB XVI 12381
29
μηχανή
saqiya
water-lifting. Unspecified plural. Nails for repairing the sluices/drains of the machines.
201
300
1
566. 
SB XVI 12381
29
μηχανή
saqiya
water-lifting. Unspecified plural. Nails for repairing the sluices/drains of the machines.*
201
300
1
567. 
SB XVI 12382
32
μηχανή
saqiya
water-lifting.
201
300
1
568. 
SB XVI 12382
36
ἄξων
part: axle
water-lifting.
201
300
1
569. 
SB XVI 12382
40
μηχανή
saqiya
water-lifting.
201
300
1
570. 
SB XVI 12382
49
μηχανή
saqiya
water-lifting. (Drawing of the?) timber of the machine.
201
300
1
571. 
SB XVI 12382
53
μηχανή
saqiya
water-lifting. Unspecified plural.
201
300
1
572. 
SB XVI 12382
53
μηχανή
saqiya
water-lifting. Unspecified plural.*
201
300
1
573. 
SB XVI 12382
74
ἀντλῶ
Unspecified
water-lifting. Drawn by oxen.
201
300
1
574. 
SB XVI 12481
14
Arsinoite Nome
μηχανή
saqiya
irrigation of orchard. Two oxen mentioned.
668
668
1
575. 
SB XVI 12481
15
Arsinoite Nome
μηχανικὸν ὄργανον
parts
Unspecified plural. Parts of the mechane.
668
668
1
576. 
SB XVI 12481
15
Arsinoite Nome
μηχανοστάσιον
part: base
668
668
1
577. 
SB XVI 12524
r 8
κηλωνόστασις
shaduf
irrigation of vineyard. part: base??
-17
-17
1
578. 
SB XVI 12524
v 21
ἐπάντλιον
Unspecified
irrigation of vineyard.
-17
-17
1
579. 
SB XVI 12755
3; 7; 12-13; 19-20
Oxyrhynchite Nome
ὑδροπαροχία
Unspecified
Water furnished for irrigation.
301
400
1
580. 
SB XVI 12948
11
Hermopolite Nome
ξυλικὸν ὄργανον
Unspecified
irrigation of vineyard. Unspecified plural.
401
500
1
581. 
SB XVI 12948
11
Hermopolite Nome
ξυλικὸν ὄργανον
Unspecified
irrigation of vineyard. Unspecified plural.*
401
500
1
582. 
SB XVIII 13127
8
Oxyrhynchite Nome
σινόργανον
Unspecified
Disputed meaning: Bonneau: perhaps irrigation machine.
501
700
1

About the database

This database of papyrological evidence was compiled by Dr Myrto Malouta as part of her work as Research Assistant for OXREP between 2005 and 2008. It shows more than 600 references to water-lifting devices and irrigation facilities from Egypt, with an emphasis on the Oxyrhynchite Nome, dating between 300 BC and AD 700. It can be used as an accompaniment to M. Malouta and A.I. Wilson (2013), 'Mechanical irrigation: water-lifting devices in the archaeological evidence and in the Egyptian papyri', in: A.K. Bowman and A.I. Wilson, The Roman Agricultural Economy, OUP, Oxford.

To cite this database please use the following reference: Malouta, M. (2008). OXREP Water-lifting technology database. Version 1.0. http://oxrep.classics.ox.ac.uk/databases/water_technology_database. Accessed (date).

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