Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
---|---|
Preserved Height | 0.05 m. |
Underlies | Locus 1 (Soil Fill). |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: 905.19 m. |
Definition | Four water channels under Locus 1 |
Stage Description | Cutting of water channels into the bedrock and the laying of the lead pipe(s) into the channel(s). |
Size | 1.50 m north south-by-1.00 m east west. |
Abuts | South Corridor Wall. |
Overlies | None. |
Location | South of South Corridor Wall. |
Stage | Stage 1 |
Phase | II |
Phase Description | Phase II: First period of major Nabataean construction at the Great Temple complex in the 1st c. BCE. At this... |
Description | Locus 2 is composed of four water channels cut directly into the bedrock and covered with a grayish (5YR5/1) hydraulic plaster. It is hewn directly out of the bedrock; no toolmarks, however, remain visible. The channels themselves extend approximately 1.50 m southward from the south face of the South Corridor Wall. Each channel is approximately 0.10 m wide east west, with a space between each channel. These spaces are 0.12 m, 0.10 m, and 0.12 m wide, respectively from east to west. The total combined width east west of the channels and the space between them is approximately 1.00 m. The removal of the hydraulic plaster from the westernmost channel revealed bedding for a lead pipe. |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: 905.24 m. |
Combined with | None. |
Bonds to | None. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 2 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Special Project 121". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/16898a1a-6c47-4eff-ffa3-0a2ebad1843c> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k25t3qx1v
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