Description (15 properties)

Bottom (m)		Closing elevation: 898.95 m.
Location		The “frigidarium.”
Architectural or Soil Locus?		Soil
Phase Description		Phase XI: Site abandonment after major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c. New drainage systems are installed including that associated with the newly built west precinct wall.
Phase		XI
Combined with		Loci 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 16, 22, 26, 36, 37.
Preserved Height		1.67 m.
Description		Locus 15 consists of the soil and collapse within the “frigidarium.” The soil fine, loose silt with a Munsell color of 7.5 YR 3/3. There were many large ashlars, as well as fragments of marble tiles (including both wall and floor tiles). Pottery, small chunks of plaster, and bones were also present. This locus is likely part of the collapse of the bath complex, though the presence of marble tiles makes dumping a possibility. However, the extensive mixing of clearly collapsed ashlars within this matrix makes collapse seem to be the more likely cause. Furthermore, the “entrance room” and parts of the “frigidiarium” were covered with marble tiles, so the fragments found in the debris are most likely pieces dislodged from the walls and floors during the collapse.
Stage Description		Major collapse.
Underlies		Loci 1, 3.
Overlies		Locus 21.
Stage		Stage 7
Definition		Collapse and wash in the “frigidarium”
Size		3.23 m north south –by- 2.69 m east west.
Top (m)		Opening elevation: 900.62 m.

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