Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Bottom (m) | Closing Elevation: 0.30 m below Sub datum SP 93 A or 905.208 m. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
Size | 1.00 m east west length-by-0.60 m north south width-by-0.01 m depth. |
Phase Description | Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The tetrastyle in antis temple is built, including... |
Stage | Stage 2 |
Overlies | Locus 3-second layer of large stones, aligned east west, below floor level for buildup. |
Stage Description | Installation of the South Corridor flooring. |
Definition | Soil fill below Locus 1 stones |
Underlies | Locus 1, large stones at floor level of southwest South Corridor, aligned east west. |
Location | Under the current floor level, to the southwest of the Southwest column, below the top layer of stones. |
Description | This locus, too, contained little pottery, although all present appeared to be Nabataean, as should be expected for levels below the main building itself. The Munsell color of this thin and loosely packed, yet almost damp, layer of soil was 7.5YR3/3, Dark Brown. |
Phase | IV |
Top (m) | Opening Elevation: 0.29 m below Sub datum SP 93 A or 905.218 m. |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 2 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Special Project 93". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/6733ed96-d43c-4db3-1de2-a83655173140> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2z31ww9g
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