Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Stage Description | Deposits from the agricultural use of the area by Bedouin farmers. |
Phase | XIV |
Abuts | Locus 9 soil. |
Bonds to | Locus 9. |
Definition | Bedouin Wall at the northern terminus of Trench 71 |
Overlies | Locus 12. |
Phase Description | Phase XIV: Modern period marked by Bedouin activity and the accumulation of recent debris. |
Location | To the north of Trench 71. |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: + 0.88 m from Sub datum 71 C, or 899.60 m. |
Description | This irregular uneven wall of unhewn ashlars extends from the fifth column from the south in the West Colonnade. It extends to the west of the trench and is backed by massive amounts of rubble, collapsed column drums and cornice fragments. These crudely shaped ashlars are not bonded, but laid in an irregular fashion. It may have served as a terrace wall separating farmers fields. |
Combined with | None. |
Size | Approximately 0.93 m-to-1.10 m north south-by-2.10 m-to 5.30m east west. |
Stage | Stage 6 |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: + 0.37 m from 71 C, or 899.09 m. |
Underlies | Locus 9. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 10 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 71". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/75aa2e86-0854-45ce-6369-be18dbec20e5> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2vx0fj45
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