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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Bottom (m) Closing Depth: 904.533 m.
Stage Description Subterranean canalization system and ground channels installed into the prepared bedrock surface beneath the temple.
Underlies Locus 21.
Phase I
Top (m) Opening Elevation: 904.543 m.
Overlies Locus 25.
Description Locus 23,N8 (Munsell, White), is a thin layer of hard plaster or calcification; perhaps a result of mineral deposition by water drainage around east west-by-north south junction of canalization.
Stage Stage 1
Definition Hard white plaster at the bottom of the east west canalization junction
Phase Description Phase I: Preparation: 1st c. BCE subterranean canalization is installed and the bedrock leveled with a coarse yellow soil.
Location Isolated only to the north wall of the west branch.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 23 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 57". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/8106bfc7-7a39-4c49-e1c4-ae87d366b511> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k27085j6z

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