Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
---|---|
Definition | The Canalization System (Capstones) |
Top (m) | Opening level: 905.429 m. |
Location | Southwest Corridor extending from east to west. |
Stage Description | Subterranean canalization installed/cut into the temple foundations. |
Description | These five roughly hewn sandstone capstones each measure approximately 1.50 m in length-by-irregular widths, averaging 0.65 m. Superficially, this canalization is very irregular and uneven in appearance, but in antiquity it was covered with the Corridor Pavement and wouldnt have been seen. (Since this feature was recovered on the last day of excavation, it was not fully investigated and, presumably, will be found to extend under the east balk of the trench.) |
Phase | I |
Bottom (m) | Closing level: 905.429 m. |
Overlies | None. |
Phase Description | Phase I: Preparation: 1st c. BCE subterranean canalization is installed and the bedrock leveled with a coarse yellow soil. |
Underlies | Locus 11 soil. |
Combined with | None. |
Stage | Stage 0 |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 16 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 59". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/afbca8f3-de7c-4fb7-244f-ce70b50530af> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2rj4jd2f
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