Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Stage Description	Disuse of the cistern and deposition of debris.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Size	1.80 m in north south length-by-1.45 m in east west width-by-1.00 m in depth.
Location	Along east wall of cistern in south, but not as far as the area where the shaft opens into the cistern.
Top (m)	Opening Elevation: northeast 2.81 m below Sub datum SP 85 G or 900.082 m; southeast 3.01 m below Sub datum SP 85 F or 900.252 m.
Phase	XI XII X IX XIII
Phase Description	Phase X: Site abandonment after major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c. New... Phase IX: Major CE 363 earthquake leads to the collapse of large architectural features and the primary... Phase XII: Use levels, robbing and abandonments continue. Upper levels of fluvial wash are deposited. Rooms A and B are abandoned. Phase XIII: Major collapses continue into the Islamic period. Phase XI: Further collapse post-CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of 512. Fill accumulates...
Stage	Stage 3
Bottom (m)	Closing Elevation: northeast 3.81 m below Sub datum SP 85 G or 899.082 m; southeast 4.01 m below Sub datum SP 85 F or 899.252 m.
Underlies	Locus 16, test trench fill.
Definition	Third layer from top of test trench (1.00 m)
Overlies	Locus 20, test trench fill.
Description	The third layer from the top of the test trench, comprised of soft, fine, packed soil with a Munsell of 7.5YR4/4, Brown. The artifactual material was unextraordinary except for the two catalogued items, which included a fine Nabataean lamp and a lacrymatory in excellent condition, which was possibly Byzantine.