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Top (m) Top elevation: In situ drum 909.446 m.
Bottom (m) Founding elevation: Buried in wall.
Description Southernmost column within the trench, fourth column in the Eastern Colonnade (Neil Column) from the north. This column remains mostly unexcavated. Only the top 0.70 m of the remains of the column are visible, since the east Inter-Columnar Wall was later built and now surrounds the rest of the column. Some white, fluted plaster remains on the column at this level. The plaster decoration of the columns remains enigmatic at this point (see Locus 102).
Stage Stage 1
Phase II
Definition Southern column (Neil Column).
Stage Description Distyle columns erected.
Relations Associated: Locus 104, Inter-Columnar Wall, abuts column on all sides and Locus 10 eastern wall is the facing for the Inter-Columnar Wall. Both are later architectural additions.
Phase Description Phase II: First period of major Nabataean construction at the Great Temple complex in the 1st c. BCE. The...
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 26 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 15 Part II". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/2be20707-81e4-4a14-5042-ce37a6c9958e> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2mw2hz8j

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