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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Stage Stage 4 con't
Stage Description Abandonment of the temple and further accumulation of debris following the major collapse. Byzantine occupation evidenced by Byzantine lamps.
Definition Rock fall.
Bottom (m) Bottom: northwest 905.226 m; northeast 905.226 m; center 905.306 m; southwest 905.386 m; southeast 905.386 m.
Phase
Phase Description
Overlies Loci 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6, 7, 8, and 9.
Description The rock fall found over the surface as well as emerging in Locus 1 continues over each of the loci cited. The main components broken ashlars, capital and column drum fragments entered possibly during and subsequent to an earthquake. The architectural fragments will be discussed within the locus in which they emerged (see below, Locus 1).
Relations Emerged in: Soil/Fill, Locus 1.
Top (m) Average elevation: top: northwest 907.726 m; northeast 907.726 m; center 907.786 m, southwest 908.676 m; southeast 909.386 m.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 4 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 48". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/47d4661e-9655-4ddd-d7de-0b4469342303> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2wq0366r

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