Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Overlies | Floor Pavement Locus 4. |
Bottom (m) | Bottom elevation: - 1.37 m or 885.91 (approximate). |
Stage Description | Rebuilding of the 'Byzantine' east wall. |
Location | This wall extends along the east side of the trench and serves as the trenchs eastern perimeter. |
Stage | Stage 3 |
Abuts | Floor Pavement Locus 4. |
Underlies | Locus 1. |
Phase | X |
Definition | The Byzantine East Wall |
Phase Description | Phase X: Site abandonment post major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c, Upper... |
Top (m) | Top elevation: 886.54 m. |
Description | All that remains of this wall are five string course blocks. A fine piece of limestone dentalia has been jammed in this wall as a string course header. During its excavation copious amounts of painted plaster, mainly in beige and tan colors were found as if they had fallen from an earlier wall which had been rebuilt. |
Combined with | None. |
Size | This wall is 0.56 m in width at its widest point. It is 6.10 m in length and approximately 0.63 m in height. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 7 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 64". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/9c9deeb4-892c-4ece-78c8-021e43c99227> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2v98712t
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