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Underlies Soil Locus 43.
Phase Description Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The remainder of the subterranean canalization is...
Stage Description Remodeling of major construction elements.
Location In the south center of the Residential Quarter.
Definition South Pier in Room 2
Bottom (m) Closing Depth: 907.086 m.
Overlies
  • Locus 82 Room 2 Floor.
  • Locus 82 Room 2 floor.
Size 0.52 m length-by-0.60 m width.
Description This pier appears to actually be an arch springer for a double arched doorway between Cave 2 and Cave 1. It consists of eight courses of regular and diagonally dressed sandstone Nabataean blocks wet laid and abutted to the bedrock. The back side of the pier is slapped up against the bedrock escarpment with several chinking stones in between.
Abuts Locus 1 Bedrock escarpments.
Stage Stage 4/5
Phase IV
Top (m) Opening Depth: 909.126 m.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 55 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Trench 94". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/29ec0817-daa0-4d7b-3ab6-854c249f6ac9> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2sq8zw65

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