Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Phase	XIV XI XII X IX XIII
Location	East side of Trench 97.
Underlies	None.
Top (m)	Opening elevation: 898.400 m (average).
Phase Description	Phase XII: Use levels, robbing and abandonments continue. Phase X: Site abandonment post major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c.... Phase XIV: Modern period marked by Bedouin activity and the accumulation of recent debris. Phase XI: Further collapse post- CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of CE 512. Major collapses... Phase IX: Major CE 363 earthquake leads to the collapse of the West Colonnade directly on top of the... Phase XIII: Major collapses continue into the Islamic period.
Stage Description	Major collapse.
Overlies	Locus 28.
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: 896.898 m (average).
Combined with	for collapse elements – Loci 2, 8, 9, 10, 19, 20, and 21; for fill – 2.
Stage	Stage 6
Definition	Fill deposit from surface to the extant top course of the east wall of the West Cryptoporticus East (Locus 28), including the overburden. [Originally defined as two loci, but combined on 7 June 2004 when it was realized the deposit overlay a single wall.]