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Definition West Wall of Locus 20 — Feeding Chamber Wall
Location In the southwestern sector of the trench.
Stage Description Deposits from the agricultural use of the area by Bedouin farmers.
Phase XIV
Overlies Unknown.
Underlies Locus 18 soil.
Size 2.50 m north south length-by-0.48 m-to 0.54 m east west width.
Bonds to The Wall excavated in Trench 31 1996.
Abuts The Wall excavated in Trench 31 1996.
Combined with Locus 22 East Feeding Chamber Wall.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: - 1.52 m below Sub datum 71 F, or 898.49 m.
Phase Description Phase XIV: Modern period marked by Bedouin activity and the accumulation of recent debris.
Description This is the west wall of Locus 20. It is comprised of a six-to-seven course wall, one block wide of different sized reused ashlars set with chinking stones. Its construction is crude, and it appears it was constructed just to create a long room using the earlier parallel wall of Locus 21 as a convenience.
Top (m) Opening elevation: - 0.25 m below Sub datum 71 F, or 899.76 m.
Stage Stage 6
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 21 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 71". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ae5d36c1-f02b-4b7d-3ea1-df6cd7508607> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2zw1j36h

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