| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Bottom (m) | Bottom elevation: 893.226 m at northwest. |
| Definition | East-West wall. |
| Description | This wall of 4.43 m-x-2.10 m-x-5.40 m served an unknown purpose. It is hypothesized, based largely on the evidence revealed in Trenches 14 and 20, to fit into this stage of construction and, quite possibly, served as a retaining wall for the fill and structural support for the upper courses of the stylobate wall. The top of the wall consists of medium-sized, rounded sandstones packed in an irregular pattern in a hard mud-mortar. The north face, however, exhibits a very careful construction technique. The wall is built with a facing of headers and stretchers filled with a neatly packed fill, visible from the sixth to the eighth courses from the bottom in the east where the facing stones are missing. The average size of the stones is 0.31 m-x-0.28 m (headers) and 0.52 m-x-0.27 m (stretchers). A majority of the stones are diagonally-dressed, all from top right to bottom left. Chinking stones are prevalent. In the eleventh course up from the bottom is a block, probably re-used, that is plastered and has painted blue and yellow stripes decorating it. The height of the wall was excavated in its entirety in the east. The wall is 5.40 m high and consists of 19 courses, the top one overlapping Locus 21 and, thus, post-dating it. The wall has been built on a level of rubble and repeated levels of compressed soil (see Locus 25). |
| Top (m) | Top elevation: 898.626m at northwest. |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 7 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 17 Part I and Special Project 25". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/36fa2b7c-7211-4964-cdce-7959359b141d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2cf9sg4n
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