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Top (m) Opening elevation: 905.616 m.
Description A sandstone platform located underneath the raised pulpitum. It might have been the original foundation for an earlier construction or was the earlier stage platform prior to the raised pulpitum. The visible edge of this construction consists of a single course of decorative beveled sandstone blocks in alternating red and white. This distinctive decorative feature can also be seen on the tetrastyle in antis curb in the Pronaos of the Temple.
Phase Description Phase VII: Roman mid-CE 2nd c. collapse and repairs. The Pronaos floor pavers robbed and the Theater stage...
Preserved Height 0.28 m.
Location In the north of the sondage.
Overlies Locus 6.
Stage Stage 4
Underlies Locus 23.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 905.336 m.
Stage Description Stage platform added.
Combined with Locus 23.
Phase VII
Cuts None.
Definition Stage Foundation
Size 2.00 m east west.
Seals Locus 14.
Bonds to None.
Abuts Loci 1 and 5.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 3 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Special Project 200". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/012e34c4-e03f-4584-75fc-5b9039b50278> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2x34wh1h

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