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Stage Stage 2
Stage Description Placement of a new ceramic tile floor with subfloor fill of ballista balls.
Location West central area of trench.
Preserved Height 0.08 m.
Phase Description Phase VII: Roman mid CE 2nd c. repairs following a more collapse. Building of the Propylaeum Central...
Architectural or Soil Locus? Ballista Ball
Combined with Loci 1-3, 5-11, 13, 15-19.
Overlies Locus 14.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 892.408 m at center.
Phase VII
Underlies Locus 6.
Definition Lowest ballista ball layer in the west central area of trench
Description This third layer of ballista balls and flat, unshaped rocks is located in the west central area of the trench, and it is comprised of a sandy fill, Munsell 10 YR 6/4, Light Yellowish Brown.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 892.328 m at center.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 12 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Propylaeum/Special Project 87". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/b517df45-2adc-4b60-f2cb-5b3382bdd3b2> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k22b9474t

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