Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
---|---|
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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