Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
---|---|
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
Location | North end W CP East, area of robbed pavers (Tr. 97, 2004, Locus 23). |
Preserved Height | ca. 0.20 m. |
Overlies | Locus 11. |
Size | 1.60 m north south-by-2.0 m east west. |
Combined with | Loci 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25. |
Stage | Stage 2 |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: 892.168 m. |
Phase Description | Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The full Lower Temenos is constructed, complete... |
Description | This is a fill locus containing both rubble and soil. The soil is a combination of silt and sand with a Munsell Color 7.5 YR 5/4 (Brown). The soil was compacted around a jumble of medium boulders, wadi/field stones, cobbles, and pebbles. The fill contained pottery, bone, and a piece of stone which might be a marble fragment. This stratum is the second thickest deposit in the sounding (cf. Locus 3). |
Definition | Fill locus of mixed soil, boulders, and wadi/field stones. |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: 892.368 m. |
Stage Description | Preparatory construction. |
Phase | IV |
Underlies | Locus 9. |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 10 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Special Project 105". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/12ab2892-5b89-4fb9-b956-e7a30462ab49> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pc32j93
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