Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Location | In Trench 71 east. |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: Unknown, excavated closing elevation is - 1.09 m below Sub datum Point K, or 896.02 m. |
Definition | The Eastern course of the Cryptoporticus Wall |
Overlies | Unknown. |
Combined with | Loci 17, 33, and 35. |
Stage Description | Construction of the stylobate walls, the stylobates and columns of the West Triple Colonnade. |
Underlies | The Lower Temenos Hexagonal Pavement and the slumped wall containing the shallow canalization system to the east of the wall. |
Phase Description | Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The full Lower Temenos is constructed, complete... |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: - 0.10 m below Sub datum Point K, or 897.01 m. |
Description | This wall is made up of huge ashlars measuring 0.93 m-by-0.50 m laid as headers. The wall proper begins under this row of ashlars set primarily as headers with some stretchers. Only one course has been excavated which holds voussoirs that extend towards the Locus 35 Middle Course Cryptoporticus Wall. The uppermost courses of this wall are out of position due to the backfill clearing of Locus 34 by mechanical equipment. |
Stage | Stage 1 |
Size | ca. 16.00 m north south-by-1.00 m east west. |
Abuts | It is not clear if this wall abuts or is bonded to the Locus 17 East-West Stepped Retaining Wall. |
Phase | IV |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Bonds to | May bond with the Locus 17 East-West Stepped Retaining Wall. |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 36 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 71". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/320fc933-8189-4fe0-2c09-81729e96c5b5> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2pz58w3s
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