Subterranian mine aimed at deterring the Sasanian Persian siege and eventual fall of Dura-Europos.
Roman Countermine Near Tower 19
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YDEA project
Pleiades
Roman Countermine Near Tower 19
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Subterranian mine aimed at deterring the Sasanian Persian siege and eventual fall of Dura-Europos.
Baird 2018 p. 116
Baird 2018
third century of the common era
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Total Station and Photogrammetric Location of Roman countermine near Tower 19
Total station data collected in 2008 by Jennifer Baird, Ben Gourley, Simon James, and Dan Stewart, funded by the Leverhulme Trust and the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.
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siege mine
An excavated area or tunnel associated with sapping and other forms of subterranean and siege warfare.