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Description Hard-packed surface, 10YR6/3 (pale brown), running between the three stylobates and to the interior of the East Exedra. It either represents a floor, a floor bedding packed hard by weight, or a working surface packed hard by the covering of gray mortar (locus 2) above. It is fairly levelespecially between the stylobatesbut slopes up slightly to the exedra, where it runs up to the central platform but under the late "bench."
Location North and center, between stylobates and in the exedra.
Top (m) Opening levels: 879.18 m at nw; 879.16 m at ne; 879.21 m at c; 879.20 at s.
Definition Hard-packed surface.
Bottom (m) Closing levels: Unknown.
Stage Description Architectural additions and repairs made to the East Exedra including re-plastering and the construction of the intercolumnar walls.
Stage Stage 3
Phase Description Phase X: Site abandonment post major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c....
Phase X
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 35 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 52". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/25bc424b-bf7e-4932-ff97-903797c82521> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2ft8nv01

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