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Definition Doorway in the West Wall
Stage Stage 1 con't
Phase Description Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The tetrastyle in antis temple is built, including...
Stage Description West Corridor Wall built and plastered.
Bottom (m)
  • Closing level: 905.456 m.
  • Closing Level: 905.456 m.
Combined with The West Wall, Locus 4.
Top (m) Opening level 909.005 m.
Location On the opposite side of the West Walkway from the Inter-Columnar Wall, opposite the Peter and Doug Columns.
Overlies Locus 10, West Walkway pavement and bedding.
Phase IV
Underlies Locus 1 fill.
Description This doorway is 2.14 m in width (north south). During excavation it was delineated by a plaster facing that tuned in its opening—it was visible with plaster adhering to its upper header on the south. The plaster frame was highly decorated with a brilliant blue and white molding—a cornice, decorated with egg and dart designs and other motifs. Its east west dimensions will await the excavation of the West Corridor, but its width is identical with the doorway of Trench 45 excavated in 1997.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 2 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 56". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/cfef04e1-3bfd-4556-1e0e-db6794eb9713> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2x065k0z

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