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Definition Eastern wall of eastern canal.
Description Locus 4 is a limestone wall, forming the eastern side of the canal. The sides are covered in plaster. The top of the wall is not level, as the stones are not even and rise slightly above the bedding of the Hexagonal Pavement. Although the wall curves alongside the canal, its length, as measured straight from the northern border of the trench to the Hexagonal Pavement, is 10 m.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: Unknown.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 898.232 m at northwest, 897.669 m at center, 898.464 m at southeast.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 4 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 42, Special Projects 48 and 49". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/6c185c54-0c2a-4645-109b-8adbe59b599c> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2x63kf3h

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