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Definition Third Column from the west in the southernmost colonnade
Stage Description Building and plastering of the temple distyle columns
Stage Stage 2
Underlies Locus 13
Description Locus 6, the designated “Ric” Column, is constructed of diagonally and vertically dressed sandstone column drums that visibly extend 0.84 m along the north edge of the trench. The column is preserved to 16 drums in height and retains traces of its original plastering. The column has an Attic base which has a visible width of 1.40 m and measures 0.60 m in height. In the west and east respectively, intercolumnar wall, Locus 5, and the platform, Locus 7, are built up to this column.
Top (m) Opening Levels: 914.054 m.
Phase II
Overlies Locus 28.
Location Third column from the west in the southernmost colonnade.
Combined with None.
Phase Description Phase II: First period of major Nabataean construction at the Great Temple complex in the 1st c. BCE. The...
Bottom (m) Closing levels: 905.534 m.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 6 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 85". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/9f764c2b-c128-44c5-13ef-11d0b4dfb3ac> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2f76fr9x

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