Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Stage Description | Expansions in the north and west including new walls and a plaster and sandstone floor in Room 4. May be in Phase VI or VII. |
Phase | V |
Overlies | Unknown. |
Definition | Room 5 Sandstone Floor |
Abuts | Locus 97 threshold between Room 4 and 5, Locus 96 Room 4 north wall/ Room 5 south wall. |
Phase Description | Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs. The East 'Cistern' is used for storage and possibly... |
Description | This area was only partially excavated to the east of Room 4 as well as to its northern edge. The pavement in this locus is finely carved and is composed of regular sandstone blocks: four are in the north and seven pavers are visible in the east. In the east the pavement has been exposed a maximum of 0.54 m east west-by- 2.21 m north south; while in the north pavement is excavated to 2.31 m east-by-west and 0.91 m north- by-south. |
Bottom (m) | Closing Depth: Unknown. |
Top (m) | Opening Depth: 906.748 m. |
Stage | Stage 6a |
Location | In the far northeast of the excavated Residential Quarter. |
Underlies | Soil Locus 57. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 98 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Trench 94". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/2f7d6a74-1793-45ff-b2a5-4a2fa6e66afd> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2dn47n0t
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