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Stage Description Construction of the East Vaulted Chamber.
Bottom (m) Closing levels: 906.686 m.
Phase Description Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs, including the addition of the Theater, intercolumnar...
Phase V
Overlies Unknown.
Description Locus 5 is a doorway built into the East Wall (Locus 3). The door, measuring 0.57 m in width is narrower than its counterpart in the West Chamber, which has a width of 1.00 m. The masonry of the door is well constructed, featuring door jambs and drafted ashlars. The door, which has a preserved height of 1.67 m, leads from the East Chamber Storeroom into the Simon Staircase.
Underlies Locus 1.
Top (m) Opening levels: 907.456 m.
Definition Doorway
Stage Stage 1
Combined with None.
Location In the north of Locus 3, in the northeast of the trench.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 5 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 55". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/5f510016-f6d8-4274-04c8-63cabda310f7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k24172g5c

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