Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Description | This bedding/fill leveled the surface above the Central Arch (Locus 6) in order to support a floor. This locus is best represented on Drawing #18, 1996 (Trench 26, looking north) where the varying thickness of this locus above the Central Arch is illustrated. The layers of leveling fill consist of hewn, sandstone blocks, regularly-placed (2.0 m thick in the western extent of trench and 0.35 m thick in the center above the Central Arch). This leveling is covered by thick, compacted soil, roughly 0.15 m thick, upon which the floor would have rested. |
Phase Description | Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs, including the addition of the Theater, intercolumnar... |
Bottom (m) | Bottom elevation: 910.326 m at center, 909.206 m at southwest. |
Phase | V |
Stage | Stage 2 |
Top (m) | Top elevation: 910.716 m at center, 910.706 m at southwest. |
Definition | Hard-packed fill/bedding. |
Stage Description | Secondary construction of the intercolumnar walls, vaulted chambers and Central Arch. |
Size | Dimensions: 3.60 m (east-west)-x-0.96 m (north-south). |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus TR 26 Locus 5 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 26, Trench 27 Part I and Trench 35 Part I". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/83ba096e-8985-4f75-7832-b6f8fa106d29> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2rn37r0w
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