Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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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) |
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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 openingit was visible with plaster adhering to its upper header on the south. The plaster frame was highly decorated with a brilliant blue and white moldinga 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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