Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Description	String course of well-cut sandstone blocks, mortared together and to the foundation course below, oriented north south and underneath the later cross-wall, Locus 13. Although seemingly a foundation feature of this wall, the excavator interprets this course as being an original Nabataean feature, running between the Middle Cryptoporticus Wall and the Portico Wall and functioning as the top of a retaining feature for the floor bedding of the cryptoportici that met at this junction. The later builders of the cross-walls “opportunistically” erected Locus 13 over this feature, but it was originally part of the Temple site Phase IV.
Stage	Stage 5
Location	In west of trench.
Phase Description	Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. building of the full Propylaeum, including the...
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: G-0.82 m in southwest.
Definition	String course under Locus 13
Overlies	Locus 27.
Underlies	Locus 13.
Phase	IV
Combined with	None.
Top (m)	Opening elevation: G-0.37 m in northwest, G-0.38 m in southwest.
Size	Approx. 4.10 m.
Abuts	Loci 6, 20, 24.
Stage Description	Construction of foundations and string courses/retaining walls.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Architectural