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Stage Description Main construction of the Bath Complex.
Underlies Walls of the Locus 5 curvilinear structure to the east and the walls of S Rooms Chamber 4 to the west.
Overlies Unknown.
Combined with All the loci involved with the construction of the bath complex.
Stage Stage 2
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 898.809 m.
Definition S Rooms Chambers 4-5, West Doorway into S Rooms Locus 5 Curvilinear Chamber
Abuts Chambers 4 and 5 walls.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 900.409 m.
Phase Description Phase VI: Late Nabataean pre-CE 106 minor collapses and repairs. At this time the northwest subterranean...
Preserved Height 1.60 m.
Cuts None.
Location Between Chambers 4 and 5.
Phase VI
Bonds to None.
Description Lined with ashlars, this passageway floor is at the same level as the Chamber 4 floor. Its floor is patchy and uneven with sandstones set at different levels. The stones are wet laid with mortar. On the south there are six ashlar courses, on the north there are three-to four ashlar courses. Each of these courses is set in two rows. To the east and west are the remains of the doorways. The bath system seems to have been planned as a single unit and it appears that it is on the same axis of orientation as the Great Temple, northwest to southeast. This locus along with others of the bath complex appears to be self-contained elements in an overall design that physically distinguish different areas of the baths.
Size 0.70 m north south-by-1.12 m east west.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 18 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 127". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f51f8706-56dc-4d12-7c14-93a8108774ae> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2j104g39

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