Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Underlies	Nothing.
Top (m)	Opening levels: 909.265 m at north, 908.755 m at south.
Phase	XI XII XIII
Phase Description	Phase XII: Use levels, robbing and abandonments continue. Phase XI: Further collapse post CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of CE 512. The east Porch columns and Central Arch collapse and fluvial deposits continue ... Phase XIII: Major collapses continue into the Islamic period.
Definition	Wall overburden, between doorways 1 and 2
Stage	Stage 8
Stage Description	Secondary collapse from major seismic activity. Columns collapse.
Bottom (m)	Closing levels: 907.522 m at north, 907.972 m at south.
Combined with	None.
Description	This is a Brown (Munsell 7.5 YR 5/4), loose, sandy overburden layer. The contents and quality of soil strongly resemble that of Locus 1. This area includes some large limestone ashlars, which could have collapsed from either the East Corridor Wall, or the east Inter-Columnar wall of the upper Great Temple during collapse 2. This layer contained some pottery and minimal amounts of Nabataean wares.