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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Seals None.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 901.891 m.
Preserved Height Varies because there is an appreciable downward slope from south to north, but it is approximately 0.26 m in variation.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 901.625 m.
Overlies Unknown.
Underlies Loci 30, 35, 40, 41, and is delimited by Locus 47 the early terrace wall.
Location West of the Cistern-Reservoir.
Abuts The west balk, Loci 35, 43, 30, 40, 41 and 42.
Description This chiseled out bedrock shelf slants from the south to the north. This may have been purposeful to channel the natural water flow before the Cistern-Reservoir was constructed. It continues under the west balk to the west.
Stage Description Manipulation of bedrock.
Bonds to Loci 32, 36, and 37.
Stage Stage 1
Size 3.50 m-by-6.00 m in the east.
Cuts None.
Combined with Loci 32, 36, and 37.
Phase Description Phase Pre-Site Phase I: Early use of caves.
Definition Bedrock floor to the west of the Cistern-Reservoir
Phase Pre-Site Phase I
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 39 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Special Project 110". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/90a7962f-7681-4024-ef45-6407d8646e64> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2vd6z02b

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