Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
Preserved Height | 1.88 m. |
Combined with | The original building of the bath system. |
Size | 0.93 m north south-by-1.10 m east west. |
Stage | Stage 5 |
Underlies | The south east west wall of Trench 126 and the north east west wall of Trench 127 and Locus 19 debris. |
Phase | |
Stage Description | Collapse and abandonment. |
Phase Description | |
Overlies | The vault floor. |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: 898.759 m. |
Location | In the N Rooms Chamber 3 northwest. |
Description | The soil is predominantly a Munsell Brown 7.5YR 5/3 color. Its consistency is even throughout the vault fill interspersed with some pottery, bone, metal and glass fragments. This vault has a squared-off lintel for the doorway to access Trench 126 from Trench 127. This type of deposit can be attributed to destruction. |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: 900.639 m. |
Definition | N Rooms Chamber 3, removal of soil in the northwest vault between Trenches 127 and 126 to the north |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 43 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 127". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/84576974-ba34-4235-78de-7d04dce5ea22> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k29g5r80t
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