Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Location	North of (but not abutting) Loci 1 and 2, and directly north of (and abutting) the South Perimeter Wall.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Phase Description	Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The remainder of the subterranean canalization is...
Size	0.50 m north south-by-1.00 m east west.
Stage	Stage 2
Definition	A 0.50 m north south-by-1.00 m east west sondage against the north face of the South Perimeter Wall
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: 905.16 m.
Overlies	Bedrock.
Top (m)	Opening elevation: 905.66 m.
Stage Description	Covering of earlier water channels with fill, likely in preparation for laying the paved floor of the South Passageway.
Underlies	Locus 30 of Trench 83, 2001.
Phase	IV
Preserved Height	Fill is approximately 0.500 m deep.
Description	Locus 3, Munsell No. 7.5YR4/3 (brown), was a coarse, loose, granule-sized fill, evenly distributed throughout the locus. With the exception of the ceramic pipe which overlay it (Seq. No. SP121007), no inclusions were found in this fill. Locus 3 appears to serve as fill for the laying of the paved floor of the South Passageway of the Temple Complex (Locus 30 of Trench 83, 2001 Excavations), the pavers of which are replaced in this particular area by a ceramic pipe extending east west parallel to (and abutting) the South Perimeter Wall.