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Yibna Bridge

Coordinates: 31°51′51.78″N 34°44′44.06″E / 31.8643833°N 34.7455722°E / 31.8643833; 34.7455722
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Mamluk bridge near Yibna

The Mamluk Bridge near Yibna, is an arch bridge crossing the river Nahal Sorek (formerly known as Nahr Rubin, or Wadi al-Tahuna), used by Route 410 to Rehovot.

Description

The bridge comprises three arches, two central piers with triangular upstream-facing cutwaters and downstream-facing buttresses with sloping cills.[1]

It is very similar in design to the more well-known Jisr Jindas, apart from the width of the piers.[1] The bridge has a more than 2:1 arch-span to pier-width ratio versus approximately 1:1 at Jisr Jindas.[1]

The bridge does not contain any decoration or inscriptions, similar to that found on Jisr Jindas. However, according to Andrew Petersen there is "a possible inscription or signature" on a stone at the south end.[1]

History

The bridge was one in a series of bridges built by Sultan Baybars in Egypt and Palestine. It was first studied in modern times by Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau, who noted that an Arabic chronicle had referred to the construction by Beibars in 672 AH of two bridges build of a significant nature “in the neighbourhood of Ramleh”.[2] The second of these two bridges is thought to be the Jisr Jindas.[2]

According to Clermont-Ganneau, the bridge was built in 671-672 AH (1273-1274).[3] The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land cites the completion date as 1273.[4]

Max van Berchem, who examined it in the late 19th century, found that the bridge contained large amount of reused Crusader masonry, some of which carried mason´s marks.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Petersen, p.297
  2. ^ a b Clermont-Ganneau, 1896, vol.2, pp.110-117
  3. ^ Clermont-Ganneau, 1896, ARP II, p. 174; Reinecke, 1992, II, 38 No. 170. Both cited in Petersen, 2001, p. 318
  4. ^ Levy, 1995, p.517
  5. ^ Clermont-Garneau, 1896, ARP II, p.182 Also cited in Petersen, 2001, p.318

Bibliography

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  • Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Simon (1896). [ARP] Archaeological Researches in Palestine 1873-1874, translated from the French by J. McFarlane. Vol. 2. London: Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Levy, Thomas Evan (1995). Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land. A&C Black. ISBN 0718513886.
  • Meinecke, M. (1992): Die mamlukishe Architecktur in Agypten und Syrien, 2 vols., Gluckstadt.
  • Petersen, Andrew (2002). A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine: Volume I (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197270110. p 318-9
  • Petersen, A. (2008): Bridges in Medieval Palestine, in U. Vermeulen & K. Dhulster (eds.), History of Egypt & Syria in the Fatimid, Ayyubid & Mamluk Eras V, V. Peeters, Leuven

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