Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Overlies	Locus 7.
Stage	Stage 5
Top (m)	Opening Levels: 892.430 m (top of “string course” fragment in south).
Underlies	Locus 8.
Definition	East Wall Founding Course
Phase Description	Phase VII: Roman mid CE 2nd c. repairs following a more collapse. Building of the Propylaeum Central...
Location	East boundary of trench; west face of Propylaeum Staircase.
Phase	VII
Combined with	Locus 10, SP 70, 2000.
Stage Description	Cryptoporticus walls blocked for the installation of the Propylaeum Central Staircase. Benches installed and third floor bedding laid.
Description	A course of medium-size sandstone ashlars that serve as the uppermost foundation of the East Wall. The surface is even along its entire length until just before the South Wall, at which point a fragment of an apparent string course and a taller ashlar raise its level by approximately 8 cm. The face of the founding course projects from the wall proper by approximately 8-10 cm. The block immediately adjacent to the North Wall projects from the rest of Locus 6 by an additional 6 cm. One of the ashlars comprising the Bench (Seq. No. 86078) rested upon it, indicating that the wall foundation was designed with the Bench’s construction in mind. Locus 6 is, in turn, founded directly upon the intermediate floor bedding (Locus 7).
Bottom (m)	Closing Levels: 892.005 m (north); 892.025 m (south).
Size	0.40 m height-by-4.26 m width.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Architectural