Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
---|---|
Location | Within opening of central doorway cut into the south wall, Locus 2. |
Underlies | None. |
Definition | Blocking Stones in the Central Doorway |
Relations | Built up to: Locus 2. |
Stage | Stage 4 |
Bottom (m) | Closing Levels: Full extent unknown due to discontinued removal of blocking stones. |
Phase Description | Phase VI: Late Nabataean pre-CE 106 minor collapses and repairs. The East, West and South Corridor doorways... |
Description | This blocking wall is constructed of small to medium sandstone ashlars that are diagonally dressed on those faces facing outward into the Southern Passageway. The wall is preserved to 12 courses at a height of 4.35 m and extends the full width (1.88 m) and depth (1.20 m) of the doorway. Similar to the construction of the east blocked doorway Locus 3. In the upper courses of the southern face of the central blocked doorway there is a vertical cut measuring circa 0.16 m wide and preserved to a height of 1.20 m. Additionally, the vertical cut extends horizontally into the interior of the blocked doorway, angled to form a keystone cut parallel to the floor. This keystone cut, as well as the entire north face of the blocked doorway, are covered with a 0.02 m thick layer of white plaster. |
Stage Description | South Corridor doorways blocked; access restricted between the South Corridor and the South Passageway. |
Overlies | Unknown due to discontinued removal of blocking stones. |
Phase | VI |
Top (m) | Opening Levels: 909.648 m |
Combined with | None. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 4 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 85". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/0c3ccb46-0bd6-40b9-51ff-5df6ae5e496b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2bz68k12
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