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Definition Central stylobate.
Phase IV
Top (m) Opening levels: 899.036 m at n.
Phase Description Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The full Lower Temenos is constructed, complete...
Description Well-built stylobate of limestone and sandstone slabs, about 1 m wide and .17 m high, running n-s in the center of the trench, beginning under the first column of the central row of the East Colonnade and ending in front of the exedra. The slabs between the last and second-to-last columns are damaged, but the rest are well-preserved. Intercolumnar walls cover part of the construction. About eight meters of this stylobate are preserved in Trench 52.
Stage Stage 1
Bottom (m) Closing levels: Unknown.
Stage Description Construction of the East Exedra and the East Triple Colonnade.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 12 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 52". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/696c16f0-9d58-4d87-bcbd-6d4484f6ec29> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2cv4m17f

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