Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS a/774
Title
Papers relating to the investigation of late Roman dams at the Wadi el-Me, eastern Tripolitania
Date(s)
- 1943-2014 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 box, 2 rolled items
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of R. M. Bradfield, Sept. 2012. The Roman Roads and Milestones of Tripolitania was added by R. M. Bradfield in October 2014.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Maps of Wadi Gsea and plans of the dams of the Wadi el-Me by David Oates, Alan Wells, and R. M. Bradfield, made during expeditions led by Oates in 1949 and 1950, and Bradfield's solo return to the area in 1951. While investigating late-Roman olive farms during the first expedition the team stumbled upon a series of massive late-Roman dams along the course of the Wadi e-Me, a major tributary of the Wadi Gsea. Most of the material contains explanatory notes by Bradfield made in 2011-2012.