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Abuts None.
Overlies Bedrock/ possible water system.
Description This fine wall consisting of four courses of closely fitting Nabataean blocks that are diagonally dressed was uncovered in Sondage 2. Its height is 1.12 m and it visually extends 2.43 m in length east west; however, the wall’s width is obscured. This wall is on a completely different orientation than the visible domestic architecture that suggests there may exist earlier structures that for whatever reason were built over. Further excavation must be undertaken to the east (unexcavated) and to the west to determine what this underlying walls function and purpose served and to what extent this wall’s original purpose served.
Definition Room 3 Earlier North Wall
Top (m) Opening Depth: 906.748 m.
Bottom (m) Closing Depth: 906.688 m.
Underlies Locus 89 Room 3 north wall/ Room 4 south wall, Locus 88 Room 3 east wall, Locus 71 Room 3 floor bedding
Bonds to None.
Location In center-east of the domestic structure, nominally between Rooms 3 and 4 or perhaps an earlier set of rooms.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 90 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Trench 94". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/6c93cf2b-59f6-4076-180c-fed37735a598> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2zs2v23p

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