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Definition Third Floor Bedding (Under Bench)
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Size 2.20 m east west-by-0.80 m north south.
Overlies Locus 19.
Stage Stage 5
Underlies Loci 17, 2.
Bottom (m) Closing Levels: 892.109 m (west); 892.029 m (east).
Top (m) Opening Levels: 892.329 m (west); 892.359 m (east).
Description A section of the last floor bedding of the PWC. Named as a separate locus due to renewed excavation under the Bench following removal of Locus 1 (see above, Locus 1, for a full description).
Phase Description Phase VII: Roman mid CE 2nd c. repairs following a more collapse. Building of the Propylaeum Central...
Combined with Locus 1.
Phase VII
Location North, under area of Bench.
Stage Description Cryptoporticus walls blocked for the installation of the Propylaeum Central Staircase. Benches installed and third floor bedding laid.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 18 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/5f11468e-17b0-4ca4-6889-cf9d9bb8b104> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k27d30369

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