Figure 38. Stratified sediment, 50 cm deep. 5-11-2015.
Figure 33. NE corner 2. Full buckets ‘flew’ up rapidly, and mounds of soil accumulated. 1-11-2015.
Figure 63. Contribution of the Municipality. Mayor Hassan Fahed (right) and Muaffaq Hazza. 7-11-2015
Figure 22. Stone and soil removal – experimental; it proved very difficult to flip the stones over the top edge. 22-10-2015.
Figure 1. Map of reservoirs of Byzantine to Modern Umm el-Jimal. R13 is the Great Roman Reservoir.
Figure 13. The soil dried after the water was pumped out in late September. 21-10-2015.
Figure 4. 3 November, 2015, 110 years later, and 60 years after re plastering of the masonry and bedrock. The bosses of the draughted masonry remain visible as bumps in the thick layer of cement, but the “coping” has been removed. 3-11-2015.
Figure 3. North side and NW corner of reservoir in 1905 photograph. The “draughted masonry” is exposed where the ancient coat of thick plaster (called opus signinum by Butler) has fallen off. The “coping of flat and well fitted slabs” is visible on top of the wall in the segment on the right.
