Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Preserved Height	0.05 m.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Overlies	Loci 49, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57.
Definition	Soil below the south ‘bench’ (Locus 50) of the ‘covered pool’
Description	Locus 53 is the soil below the south ‘bench’ (Locus 49) above the floor of the ‘covered pool.’ It is a very thin layer of soil, only a few centimeters in height, with small amounts of pottery, glass, and opus sectile, and thankfully one coin that should be dateable. The soil was a fin compacted silt/sand with a Munsell of 7.5 YR 3/3 (dark brown). This soil is probably the result of natural sedimentation, after the pool was covered and went out of use, before the ‘benches’ were put in. It is phased with the ‘bench’ that covers it, Locus 50, to Stage 5.
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: 900.29 m.
Combined with	Loci 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 25, 35, 37, 50, 54, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 76.
Stage	Stage 5 Stage 4
Phase Description	Phase X: Site abandonment after major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c. New...
Underlies	Loci 1, 38, 50.
Size	0.56 m north south -by- 4.75 m east west.
Stage Description	Post-363 reworking of the Complex, including blockage of doorways and the covering of the ornamental pool. Full blockage, robbing out and dumping.
Phase	X
Top (m)	Opening elevation: 900.34 m.
Location	North.