Installation details

english name
Saraçhane cistern
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type
Cistern (open)
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description

154 m × 90 m. Surface area: 14,000 m2. Name given by Stolpe: 'Sairadsch hane Cisterne Modestiana' (although it is not certain whether this cistern is related to the cistern of Modestus).

Crow et al., 2008, p. 123 suggest to identify this cistern with the Cistern of Modestus.

Cistern (D5/4) at Saraçhane (Crow et al., 3008, p. 147).

comments

EDITORS: please check Crow et al., 2008, 127, cf. 129: 'two large open reservoirs within the Constantinian walls, Saraçhane (D5/4) and on Bab-ı Ali Caddesi (F7/7)'.

Cistern concordance (Crow et al., 2008, p. 147): Forchheimer and Strzygowski 1893: 52 A; Gilles 1561a: 4.2; Stolpe 1867: no. 25a.

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