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Description This soil is a 7.5 YR 5/4 (Brown). Bedding under the east adytus maximus pavement, exposed in some areas due to damage to the limestone flags of the adytus maximus. The east edge is also exposed and mostly missing, revealing that this feature rests on top of the Phase I stylobate of the interior colonnade. Like much of the floor bedding in the temple, it consists of sandstone cobbles set in mud mortar. The bedding was not excavated this season; in areas where pavers still seal it the bedding should be removed in future seasons in order to recover material remains for dating.
Phase Description Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs, including the addition of the Theater, intercolumnar...
Phase V
Top (m) Opening Levels: 905.476 masl at center, 902.476 masl at east.
Stage Stage 2
Definition Bedding of the East Adytus maximus Pavement
Stage Description Construction of the Theater and its support structure.
Bottom (m) Closing Levels: 905.406 masl at east.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 19 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 62". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ac7488ce-ac1a-4160-dab9-939f546b0356> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2v69hv84

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