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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Top (m) Opening Elevation: T – 0.77 m.
Location Underneath the second step to the bottom (Locus 2).
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Overlies Loci 14, 15, 16, 17.
Stage Description Wadi mud fill levels for the steps.
Phase V
Size 0.245 m north south-by-0.87 m east west.
Stage Stage 4
Phase Description Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs. The East 'Cistern' is used for storage and possibly...
Description Locus 11 had a Munsell Color of 7.5YR 3/4. It was comprised of wadi mud/fine soil, with small wadi pebbles, some sand, and plaster/mortar inclusions (probably the degraded mortar of the step itself). Bone and pottery inclusions were small. This locus was leveling for Locus 2, the second step up.
Underlies Locus 2.
Definition Soil Under Second Step to Bottom (Locus 2)
Bottom (m) Closing Elevation: T – 0.79 m.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 11 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Special Project 111". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/50b88243-e876-4182-fa98-88c27ba1bf9b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2dn47b37

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