Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Stage	Stage 2
Phase	XI XII X IX XIII
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 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.
Description	Light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), late, fill layer. Pottery and bone recovered from this layer, including one green, possibly Islamic, pottery base (Bag P96-47). Pertinent information on the east stylobate wall can be found in the Trench 25 report, submitted by L. Bestock and J. Gimon. The wall is in Trench 25, Locus 3. The stylobate wall formed the west edge of the trench. It is composed of roughly-hewn, limestone blocks and is reasonably-well constructed. Approximately 1.16 m from the top of the wall, an inset gap, roughly 0.16 m in height and extending the excavated length of the wall, is found. It is hypothesized that this gap runs the entire length of the stylobate wall, from the Exedra to the Propylaeum. The space is similar to the gaps running around the Qasr al Bint and was hypothetically used for wooden beams that provided earthquake protection for the stylobate wall by absorbing energy from potential earthquakes. Other than this feature, there are no distinguishing features on the stylobate wall.
Definition	Stylobate Wall (Trench 25) Soil fill
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: Unknown (excavated to 896.316 m). Closing elevation: 898.066 m.
Stage Description	Major destruction level marked by layers of accumulated soil fill with few distinguishing material finds.
Top (m)	Opening elevation: 898.286 m. Opening elevation: 898.416 m.