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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
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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