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Bonds to The Locus 4 Wall
Location In the south central part of Trench 88 or at 891.998 m.
Underlies Locus 1 soil and debris.
Overlies Unknown.
Bottom (m) Closing Elevation: Unknown, but we assume it to be the same as the opening elevation plus the height of the pavement blocks.
Abuts The Locus 10 upper stairway, the Locus 11 lower stairway, the Locus 5 west corridor to the baths, and the loci of surrounding walls.
Definition Landing Platform between the Upper Stairs and Lower Stairs
Combined with With all the construction wall loci of this Trench 88. Loci 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, and 13.
Size This landing platform between the upper and lower steps measures 3.50 m north south-by- 3.66 m east west.
Description In general this structure is set with limestone header pavers. One large paver measures 1.60 m-by-0.62 m in width-by-0.07 m depth. In the southwest is a triangular-shaped hole carved into the pavement for water drainage. It is uneven, measuring 0.11-by-0.122 m in width.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 0.68 m below the Sub Datum 1 of Trench 88.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 9 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Propylaeum/Trench 88". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/27c26ce5-fe6b-4be9-e7de-34c598648e37> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2cf9t35m

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