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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