Item: Locus 58

Class: Locus

Project: Petra Great Temple Excavations

Number of Views: 19

Context (click to view):

Jordan / Petra Great Temple / Upper Temenos / Trench 105-106

Descriptive Properties (19)

Variable	Value
Seals	None.
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: 900.28 m.
Location	Center west.
Combined with	Loci 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 85, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113.
Phase Description	Phase VI: Late Nabataean pre CE 106 minor collapses and repairs. Probable early collapse of the Baroque Room and damage occurs in both the Anteroom and Shrine Room. The tabun in Room A is used to store CE 1st c. Nabataean fine wares. East 'Cistern" used as a dump. Bath Complex built.
Stage	Stage 3
Size	0.75 m north south-by- 2.10 m east west.
Abuts	Loci 59, 60, 79.
Stage Description	Bath complex construction.
Definition	Doorway between the “entrance room” and the “southwest room”
Overlies	None.
Underlies	Loci 1, 3.
Preserved Height	1.60 m.
Cuts	None.
Bonds to	Loci 39, 81.
Top (m)	Opening elevation: 901.90 m.
Phase	VI
Description	Locus 58 is the doorway between the “entrance room” and the “southwest room.” Again, it is part of the larger construction of the bath complex, and so it’s east wall is an element of Locus 39, while its west wall is connected with Locus 81 (the southwest semicircular niche of the “entrance room”). This west side is still slightly obscured, as it is just out of the west balk of the “southwest room.” The doorway was later blocked (Locus 59). The doorway is constructed of hewn and finely dressed ashlars (which on the east face are door jams). Both sides are four courses high and two rows wide. As an integrated part of the bath complex, this locus is phased to Stage 3, the main construction period.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Architectural

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Linked Persons / Organizations (3)

Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Editor

Eleanor A. Power, Observer

Marshall C. Agnew, Observer

Project Editorial Status

★★★☆☆ Managing editor reviewed

Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Eleanor A. Power, Marshall C. Agnew. "Petra Great Temple Excavations: Locus 58 (Locus)" (Released 2007-11-12). Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed.) Open Context. <http://opencontext.org/subjects/0152CF73-D72E-47CC-1753-40B45C3362C2>

Editorial Description (1)

(200 BCE - 360 CE)

Editor's Note: Date ranges are approximate and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of data contributors. These dates are provided only to facilitate searches.

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