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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Underlies Locus 4.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Preserved Height 0.37 m.
Description A damp sandy Dark Greyish Brown fill (Munsell 10 YR 4/2) located directly behind the orchestra wall that balls easily. Roof tile inclusions were used in the mortar patch as well as a single piece of ceramic plain ware. The blockage was irregularly cut and patched but did not extend below the floor level and does not seem to have any purpose other than a late repair.
Phase Description Phase VII: Roman mid-CE 2nd c. collapse and repairs. The Pronaos floor pavers robbed and the Theater stage...
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 905.522 m.
Overlies Unknown.
Size 0.36 m north south-by- 0.78 m east west.
Stage Stage 4
Top (m) Opening elevation: 905.922 m.
Stage Description Stage platform added.
Definition Soil behind Locus 12 —East Repair to Locus 4
Phase VII
Combined with Locus 12.
Location Outside the boundaries proper of the trench but investigated to see what the date might be.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 18 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/0b627e64-d96b-4a59-c8de-f1414147daa7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2w09507j

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