Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Overlies | Unknown. |
Abuts | Locus 17 Wall the East West Cryptoporticus Stepped Retaining Wall. |
Stage Description | Construction of the stylobate walls, the stylobates and columns of the West Triple Colonnade. |
Phase Description | Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The full Lower Temenos is constructed, complete... |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: -1.09 below Sub datum Point K, or 896.02 m. |
Description | This wall is in a serious state of collapse. It is constructed with stretchers and occasional headers. The arch ashlars are built into the wall itself and extend 0.26 m from the wall itself. These voussoirs average 0.50 to 0.55m in length-by- 0.21 to 0.32 m in width. There is 0.71 0.75 m between the arch voussoirs and the wall elements; the distance between the arch elements ranges between 0.67 m and 0.70 m. Affected by continued burning, the wall and piers have been compromised and many of the ashlars are in a state of disintegration. |
Location | In the very west of Trench 71. |
Stage | Stage 1 |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: At Trench Sub datum 71 K elevation, or 897.109 m. |
Combined with | Locus 17. |
Bonds to | Unknown. |
Phase | IV |
Size | The east west width is unknown. The north south length is 14.10 m. |
Definition | West Cryptoporticus Wall |
Underlies | Fill. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 33 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 71". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/133204be-57a7-44f5-70fa-6b8cb6ea4487> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2vt1r023
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