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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Underlies Locus 7.
Size 2.18 m east west-by-0.76 m north south.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Overlies Locus 9.
Combined with Loci 10, 11.
Definition First Floor Bedding (Under Bench)
Stage Stage 3
Phase Description Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. building of the full Propylaeum, including the...
Stage Description Propylaeum Retaining Wall built and floor bedding of the Propylaeum West south gallery installed.
Top (m) Opening Levels: 891.939 m (center); 891.979 m (east).
Location North of trench, from North Wall south to south edge of Bench.
Bottom (m) Closing Levels: 891.799 m (center).
Phase IV
Description Locus 20 constituted the northernmost area of the PWC’s early floor bedding. This locus is represents a continuation of Locus 10 from the south edge of the Bench to the North Wall (which it abuts). Its characteristics were similar to those of Locus 10 (soil color Munsell 7.5 YR 4/6, Strong Brown; inclusions consisting of small, densely packed sandstone fragments, wadi pebbles, limestone chips, and chinking plaster).
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 20 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Propylaeum/Trench 86". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/37d0be8e-37b6-42c9-72f5-d646f49919b2> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2g73h36z

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