Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Underlies	Locus 3.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Stage Description	Wadi mud fill levels for the steps.
Size	0.315 m north south-by-0.92 m east west.
Phase	V
Overlies	Loci 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
Stage	Stage 4
Phase Description	Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs. The East 'Cistern' is used for storage and possibly...
Bottom (m)	Closing Elevation: T – 0.58 m.
Top (m)	Opening Elevation: T – 0.535 m.
Location	Beneath Locus 3 (third step up).
Description	Locus 9 had a Munsell Color of 7.5YR 4/6. It was comprised of wadi mud/fine soil with small and medium wadi stones and pebbles. Inclusions included small amounts of pottery, bone and charcoal. Locus 9 was leveling for the third step up (Locus 3). Nabataean pottery fragments from this level corresponded to Schmid’s chronology of Nabataean 2b-3a, or approximately 20 BCE – 50 CE.
Definition	Soil Leveling Under Third Step Up (Locus 3)