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Definition Room 2 North Column
Phase Description Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The remainder of the subterranean canalization is...
Size 1.77 m height-by- 0.40 m diameter.
Location In the center north of Room 2.
Stage Description Remodeling of major construction elements.
Top (m) Opening Depth: 908.776 m.
Overlies
  • Locus 82 Room 2 Floor.
  • Locus 82 Room 2 floor.
Abuts Locus 82 Room 2 Floor.
Stage Stage 4/5
Bottom (m) Closing Depth: 907.006 m.
Phase IV
Description The second column is the elegant entrance hall area to the Residential Quarter. The column, which was found in its original position, consists of four column drums with Nabataean diagonal chisel marks. It appears that, like Locus 58, this column also served as a support for an arch system.
Underlies Locus 43.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 85 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/2a3297bf-d6c3-406c-c48a-25971bb95d62> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2rv0nr4q

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