The phrase "cistern by" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means "located next to or beside a cistern." Here is an example of how to use it in a sentence: "The old farmhouse had a cistern by the back door, providing fresh water for the residents."
Who else could begin a commentary about a picture of a cottage cistern by noting, "We now have pumps so deep-reaching and powerful that we can draw down even the Oglala aquifer, the ocean of fresh water underneath the Great Plains, which once seemed inexhaustible"?
It is translated as: "A meritorious gift of a seven-celled cave and cistern by a guild of corn-dealers".
In the recess of the first cistern, an inscription reads translated: "A meritorious gift of a cistern by Saghaka a goldsmith, son of Kudira of Kalyana".
Another inscription in the recess of the second cistern reads translated: "A meritorious gift of a cistern by Lachhinika (wife) of Torika the Na daka [and] Nadabalika, wife of Isimulasami".
The restored vegetable garden here is watered by overhead sprinklers supplied by a 30,000-gallon cistern fed by a spring a half mile down the mountain.
The calf forced milk flow by a combination of suckling and overpressure in the teat cistern caused by the tongue.
In the east, where the defences were weakest, there was an open cistern filled by an aqueduct.
Correspondingly, the cisterns composed by these membranes, such as the chiasmatic, carotid, and prepontine cisterns have been well-documented.
By Edward Hirsch The New Yorker, December 20 , 2004P. 152 While I was studying the copper cistern View Article By John Cassidy By Kathryn Schulz By Junot Díaz By Ben Taub.
These conflicting data have prompted us to investigate whether lymphatic vessels are present in normal developing placentas and in placental disorders characterized by cistern formation.
The Birket Israel cistern was frequented by Christian pilgrims during the 19th century, it being previously identified as the "Sheep Pool" or Pool of Bethesda of John 5 2; a double-pool with five porches, where the sick came to be cured.
