Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
---|---|
Underlies | Locus 5. |
Combined with | Loci 11A, 11B, 17, 18, 19A, 19B, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 32. |
Stage | Stage 3 |
Stage Description | Subflooring construction. |
Description | (Locus 19B) all the way to the interior face of the East Wall (Locus 8). The floor of the corridor could not be completely excavated due to the constricted spaceefforts to do so began to damage the terracotta tile walls of Locus 32, so excavation was halted. The corridor was backfilled upon completion in order to preserve the fragile terracotta tiles of Locus 32. Exact function of the corridor was not determined, but a maintenance and/or drainage function is posited. |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: 899.83 m. |
Overlies | None. |
Location | Subflooring, East end of Hypocaust Chamber. |
Definition | Narrow East West Corridor in Locus 32 at East End of Hypocaust Chamber |
Phase Description | Phase VI: Late Nabataean pre-CE 106 minor collapses and repairs. At this time the northwest subterranean... |
Abuts | Loci 11B, 32. |
Phase | VI |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: 898.90 m. |
Size | 0.32 m north south-by-2.62 m east west. |
Preserved Height | 0.93 m. |
Bonds to | None. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 30 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 126". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/12df0011-aadb-4634-32e1-44c463fe994c> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2tq60p9w
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