Photo collection by Th.Schiöler Water-lifting by draught animals Early Roman sâqiyas Photo 111

Antikke Øseværk

The reconstructed gear wheel The reconstructed gearwheel is probably taken from an abandoned modern sâqiya. The wheel is too bulky. The Roman wheel-diameter must have been two thirds that size. The technical term in Egypt for the noria is the sâqiya. [111]