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Phase Description Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The remainder of the subterranean canalization is...
Stage Stage 2
Top (m) Opening depth: 900.156 m at north; 902.925 m at center; 908.792 m at south.
Definition East Stairway Wall (equals Locus 15).
Stage Description Construction of the West Staircase and Lower Temenos Retaining wall.
Description Locus 4 is a sandstone, north-south, east stairway wall, the counterpart of Locus 6, which forms the east boundary of the staircase complex. It is not as badly weathered as Locus 6 (perhaps it was not exposed to the elements as long?) and is preserved to perhaps 6 m above the Hexagonal Pavement (Locus 18). It is also better understood because it bonds with (and essentially equals) Locus 15, the East-West Retaining Wall and the sub-structures of Locus 15 (namely, the foundation wall, Locus 21).
Phase IV
Bottom (m) Closing depth: 899.116 m at north; unknown at center and south.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 4 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Trench 18". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/1a0fc24b-cbde-4973-a82f-f13b7e89b9df> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2db8454n

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