Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
---|---|
Underlies | Locus 3. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
Description | Munsell 7.5 YR 4/6 (Strong Brown). This layer was almost indistinguishable from the overlying Locus 3 in excavation, except for the fact that it was increasingly full of broken bits of roof tile. Whether this layer represents a distict fill layer or the sifting down of the heavy roof tile bits is hard to say; the loci were combined in excavation and all artifacts have been labeled Locus 3. |
Abuts | None. |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: G-0.18 m. |
Overlies | Locus 19. |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: Approx. 892.138 m. |
Phase Description | Phase VII: Roman mid CE 2nd c. repairs following a more collapse. Building of the Propylaeum Central... |
Stage Description | Purposeful fill in the "cell" formed by the cross-walls. |
Size | Approx. 4.20 m-by-3.60 m (fills cell). |
Phase | VII |
Combined with | Locus 3. |
Stage | Stage 12 |
Definition | Middle Fill Layer |
Location | In west half of trench. |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 12 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Propylaeum/Trench 99". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/262377b8-32e6-443d-0cb5-7bcffdba0a2d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pr7wf14
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