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Description This wall is two courses in height of well-dressed ashlars. The lowest course is comprised of well-fitted ashlars set as headers. Between the first and second courses are snecking stones with a row of headers set above. These headers are the facing for the section of the wall behind which may have been a channel? The channel measures 0.50 m in east west width. Stretchers face the west width where there is 0.43 m of fill and smaller stones behind 0.69 m in length-by-0.20 m in height.
Abuts The southwest betyl wall Locus 3
Underlies Locus 1 soil and debris.
Size This bench is 4.05 m north south-by-0.74/0.75 m in width.
Stage Description
Overlies
  • Locus 10 pavement.
  • Locus 10 Pavement.
Stage
Location In the trench southwest underlying the Locus 3 betyl wall.
Combined with Not sure.
Phase Description
Bottom (m) Closing Elevation: Locus 10 Pavement 982.550 m.
Phase
Top (m) Opening elevation: + 0.75 m above the Locus 13 Pavement or 893.485 m.
Definition Bench Below the Double Betyls
Bonds to None.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 7 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Propylaeum/Trench 81". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/41b62a2d-7854-4468-0d4f-dc04d8e0b0a1> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k28s4tb1f

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