Some researchers have proposed this device was used to irrigate the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. A cuneiform inscription of Assyrian King Sennacherib (704–681 BC) has been interpreted by Stephanie DalleyStephanie Dalley, The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: an elusive World Wonder traced, (2013), OUP to describe casting water screws in bronze some 350 years earlier. This is consistent with Greek historian Strabo, who describes the Hanging Gardens as irrigated by screws.
Some researchers have proposed this device was used to irrigate the Hanging Gardens of Babylon one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World A cuneiform inscription of Assyrian King Sennacherib (704–681 BC) has been interpreted by Stephanie DalleyStephanie Dalley The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon an elusive World Wonder traced (2013) OUP to describe casting water screws in bronze some 350 years earlier This is consistent with Greek historian Strabo who describes the Hanging Gardens as irrigated by screws