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‘Atiqot 68 (2011)
ISBN 2948-040X
Petrographic Examination of Plaster from the Umayyad Aqueduct to Ramla
(pp. 221–225)
Alexander Tsatskin
Keywords: petrography, hydraulic plaster, travertine, technology, water supply system
The plaster from the Umayyad aqueduct to Ramla was analyzed petrographically to identify its composition and the phases of application. It was established that the aqueduct was coated with several layers of plaster at different stages. The plaster layers differ in quality, the first episode represented by a high-quality pink plaster and the last, by a whitish plaster of inferior quality.