Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Phase Description	Phase XII: Use levels, robbing and abandonments continue. Phase XIII: Major collapses continue into the Islamic period.
Phase	XII XIII
Stage Description	Fill layers and ash deposition from later use.
Stage	Stage 8
Description	Very dark gray soil of Munsell 7.5YR 3/1, mixed with large, bedding rocks of sandstone and limestone. The rocks are irregular and form an irregular rectangle abutting Locus 3 on the west, extending into the northern balk and forming a rough rectangle on the south and east. The bottom of the rocks corresponds to the bottom of the ash layer.
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: 899.656 m asl at northeast, 899.696 m asl at southeast, 899.626 m asl at northwest, 899.686 m asl at southwest.
Definition	Very dark gray soil, with large, bedding rocks.
Top (m)	Opening elevation: 900.016 m asl at northeast, 900.106 m asl at southeast, 899.916 m asl at northwest, 900.36 m asl at southwest.