Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Top (m) | Top elevation: 887.31 m.. |
Underlies | Threshold Blocking Wall Locus 6 between Loci 4 and 5. |
Combined with | Locus 2 West Corridor Wall, Third Doorway Loci 4 and 5 Doorjambs and Locus 13 the West side of the West Corridor Wall Part III and Fourth Doorway Doorjambs Loci 11 South Doorjamb and Locus 12 North Doorjamb. |
Location | The third doorway from the north linking the West Walkway with the West Corridor. |
Phase Description | Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The tetrastyle in antis temple is built, including... |
Size | 1.78 m in length-by- 0.14 m in height-by-0.32 m in width. The size of the threshold itself is 2.4 m in height-by-1.35 m in width-by-0.33 m in depth. |
Stage | Stage 1 |
Bottom (m) | Bottom elevation: 2.17 m below Point C or 887.17 m. |
Description | This threshold block is cut like a typical sandstone string course ashlar. It is covered over by the building of Doorway 3 Locus 6 Threshold Blocking Wall, so during excavation it was not visible except from its side. |
Phase | IV |
Stage Description | Construction of the West Corridor Wall. |
Definition | Threshold Block between Doorjambs Loci 4 and 5 in Doorway 3. |
Abuts | Threshold Blocking Wall Locus 6 and the as yet unexposed lower elements of Doorjambs Loci 4 and 5. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 14 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/5915cadd-a0ae-4d11-46ba-fd9badc37db0> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2bz69513
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