ancient cistern

C8935
concept

An ancient cistern is a large, often subterranean, man-made reservoir designed to collect, store, and preserve water for a settlement or structure in antiquity.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
sacred water tank 6
ancient reservoir 3
ancient cistern canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: ancient cistern
Generated description
An ancient cistern is a large, often subterranean, man-made reservoir designed to collect, store, and preserve water for a settlement or structure in antiquity.

Instances (21)

Instance Via concept surface
Tissa Wewa ancient reservoir
Sannihit Sarovar sacred water tank
Etruscan Well ancient water cistern
Aghlabid Basins medieval hydraulic structure
Yerebatan Sarnıcı —
Sunken Palace Byzantine cistern
Brahma Kund sacred water tank
Nun’s Well water cistern
Basilica Cistern —
Segaran Pool ancient reservoir
Hauz-i-Shamsi reservoir
surface form: Hauz-i-Shamsi
medieval water tank
Warren’s Shaft system ancient water system
Aqueduct of Perugia medieval hydraulic structure
Pool of Nectar sacred water tank
Parakrama Samudra (Parakrama Samudraya) reservoir
surface form: Parakrama Samudra
ancient reservoir
Manikarnika Kund sacred water tank
Herodian street and drainage system ancient urban infrastructure
Roman Cisterns of Fermo ancient Roman cistern complex
Domus Municipalis cistern
Lakshman Kund sacred water tank
Sarovar (holy pool) sacred water tank