Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Definition	Soil North of the Central Arch
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Overlies	Locus 6.
Stage	Stage 5
Phase	XI XII XIII
Phase Description	Phase XII: Use levels, robbing and abandonments continue. Phase XI: Further collapse post CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of CE 512. The east Porch columns and Central Arch collapse and fluvial deposits continue ... Phase XIII: Major collapses continue into the Islamic period.
Description	Locus 2, 7.5 YR 4/6 (Munsell Strong Brown) was created solely to separate the area to the north of the arch from the soil under the arch. The Loci 1 and 2 are part of the same stratigraphic layer. Locus 2 was incorporated into Locus 6 and was never excavated as a separate locus.
Bottom (m)	Closing Depth: 907.753 m.
Stage Description	Post earthquake fill and debris accumulation.
Top (m)	Opening Depth: 907.753 m.
Underlies	nothing; the area above Locus 2 was excavated as Trench 27 in 1996.
Is Contiguous with	Locus 1.