Falaj Water-Turn Clock

Open and close sluice gates along a gravity channel and read sundial and star shadows so every farm gets its allotted share of water in the right hour.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Oman.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Mesopotamia, Levant and Arabia.