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Bottom (m) Closing Elevation: A – 2.085 m.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Underlies Loci 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Overlies Locus 8.
Top (m) Opening Elevation: A – 1.92 m.
Size 0.56 m north south-by- 0.29 m east west.
Stage Description Initial construction of the terracotta floor.
Definition Rubble Fill Layer Within Locus 6
Phase Description Phase VI: Late Nabataean ca. 106 CE period of minor collapse and repairs. Collapse of the south gallery...
Stage Stage 1
Location The north portion of the sondage, beneath the two northern fully exposed terracotta tiles.
Description Locus 7 represented a rubble fill leveling course within Locus 6. It was composed of irregular, unhewn rubble blocks, measuring approximately 0.20 m x 0.16 m x 0.12 m. They were laid intentionally as a leveling course across the platform, and most of the removed stones ran into the balk on either side. This locus represents the rubble fill where the ballista balls would have been found had they been used as leveling in this area.
Phase VI
Combined with Loci 4, 5, 6, 8.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 7 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Propylaeum/Special Project 114". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/479832c0-9274-435b-f381-9a56e286625d> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k22n5765p

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