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Relations Associated: Bonds to both Locus 9 western wall and Locus 10 eastern wall.
Phase Description Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs, including the addition of the Theater, intercolumnar...
Stage Description Temple second story constructed at the rear of the structure. Intercolumnar walls, staircases, Central Arch and East and West Vaulted Chambers built.
Top (m) Top elevation: 909.326 m.
Description A rough casemate wall built between the columns of the colonnade. Locus 10, the eastern wall, is the facing for this wall, which cannot be seen except from above. The presence of such a wall may help explain why the stairways and bounding walls were built — the Inter-Columnar Wall may serve as some kind of reinforcement of the columns, assuming that the structural integrity of the Great Temple may have been wanting.
Phase V
Stage Stage 2
Definition Inter-Columnar wall.
Bottom (m) Bottom elevation: see Locus 9.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 104 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 15 Part II". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/6bb29a61-4870-46f7-50d8-8fd4331d0d67> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2kh0pv4g

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