Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Stage Description	Dumping and continued fill deposition.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Overlies	Locus 9.
Combined with	Loci 2, 9.
Top (m)	Opening elevation: 896.780 m.
Definition	Ash lens extending North-South with vertical intrusions into underlying fill deposit
Phase Description	Phase X: Site abandonment post major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c....
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: 896.380 m.
Underlies	Locus 2.
Stage	Stage 7
Phase	X
Description	This is an ash lens found at the lower level of Locus 2, extending about 1.0 m east from the east face of the Middle Pier Wall (Locus 11). The ash had a fine texture with a powdery feel and a generally loose consistency, although with some compaction from the overburden of Locus 2. It had a Munsell Color range between 7.5YR 5/1 (Gray) and 2.5/1 (Black). The deposit appears to result from dumping into the space after the collapse events, indicated in part by vertical intrusions of the ash down between the architectural elements of Locus 9. Surrounding architectural elements, both those in situ and those collapsed, were heavily stained through their contact with the ash. There were a small number of inclusions in this deposit, with the largest percentage represented by pottery—including a significant number of ceramic hypocaust and pipe fragments.
Location	West side of Trench 97, between 11th and 16th arch springers toward the north.