Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Stage Description | Subterranean canalization system and ground channels installed into the prepared bedrock surface beneath the temple. |
Underlies | Locus 26. |
Overlies | Unknown (presumably bedrock). |
Bottom (m) | Closing: 905.103 m. |
Phase | I |
Description | The exposed area of channel 3 consists of two sandstone blocks. At the juncture of these stones lies a flat, irregularly shaped sandstone block, perhaps laid as leveling. The channel itself is square-cut and dressed, but does not contain any traces of pipe seating mortar. Its total exposed length is 1.97 m while its width is consistent with both channels 1 and 2: 0.08-to-0.11 m. |
Definition | Channel 3 |
Stage | Stage 1 |
Top (m) | Opening: 905.203 m. |
Phase Description | Phase I: Preparation: 1st c. BCE subterranean canalization is installed and the bedrock leveled with a coarse yellow soil. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 30 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/8ca04dc8-2f24-42ba-43e6-9f71c20195d3> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2vq3261r
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