Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Phase Description	Phase XIV: Modern period marked by Bedouin activity and the accumulation of debris.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Top (m)	Top elevation: 909.346 m at the center.
Phase	XIV
Definition	Fill.
Relations	Covers the West Inter-Columnar Wall Locus 2 (between the Erika and Lee Columns), and the top of the preserved height of the Cavea's West Cuneous Locus 9.
Stage	Stage 5
Size	Measurements: 5.0 m in length (north-south), 4.0 m in width (east-west); 0.49 m (east) to 0.74 m in depth.
Stage Description	Artificial fill serving as a protective buffer.
Bottom (m)	Bottom elevation: 908.606 m at the northwest, 908.856 at the northeast.
Description	Earth and rock fill covering the top of the preserved height of the west half of the Cavea. This area was excavated during the 1996 season as part of Trench 22 (exposing the top of the apsidal wall). This area was back-filled at the beginning of the 1997 season in order to allow the bulldozer to drive over this area while replacing column drums on the Lee Column without damaging the exposed architecture. Locus 1, therefore, is not important archaeologically since it originates from another place. Only the glass shards found within it were saved for the glass study by Sara G. Karz. (Seq. 47002).