Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Description | This doorjamb is in the third doorway from the north of the West Corridor. There are four large limestone doorjamb ashlars set one above the other. The later Threshold Blockage Wall was built up and into the lip of the doorjamb, so more of the well- fashioned doorjamb ashlars could not be seen during excavation. |
Phase Description | Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The tetrastyle in antis temple is built, including... |
Top (m) | Top elevation: Below Point A. 0.42 m or 887.81 m. |
Size | Length 0.95 m, existing height 0.81 m. |
Stage | Stage 1 |
Combined with | Locus 2, West Corridor Wall and Doorway 3 Locus 5, its counterpart to the south. |
Bottom (m) | Bottom elevation: From Point A. 1.20 m or 887.03 m. |
Definition | North Doorjamb (in the third doorway in the West Walkway from the north). |
Underlies | Locus 1 overburden. |
Location | This doorjamb has been compromised by the later building of the threshold blockage in the doorway of Locus 6 Blockage Wall (now removed). |
Phase | IV |
Stage Description | Construction of the West Corridor Wall. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 4 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 63". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/4edd99a4-f277-4bf8-4549-7f6c05b0e989> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k23f4vj3h
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