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Definition East bedrock column
Bottom (m) Closing Elevation: ???
Size 6.81 m in diameter at its exposed height; north face 1.88 m wide; east face 1.70 m wide; south face 1.87 m wide; west face 1.36 m wide; 1.01 m deep to the fill on south face.
Phase Description Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The remainder of the subterranean canalization is...
Top (m) Opening Elevation: 902.840 m on east face at ceiling.
Description A massive column cut out of the natural bedrock in the southeast quadrant of the cistern. The west side is more squared-off in its corners, suggesting that it is possibly built up below its plastering, but the east side curves out as it runs into the bedrock ceiling, so it is most probably part of the bedrock. The lower levels of what can be seen of the west face at this point show considerable calcification.
Stage Description Cutting and furnishing of the cistern and overlying and connecting canalization.
Stage Stage 1
Location In southeast of cistern.
Relations Extends up to: Ceiling of bedrock, Locus 4, out of which it is cut.
Phase IV
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 6 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Special Project 85". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/2a8ac66a-5aa1-43b7-cdf4-52d247527731> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2b85c80h

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