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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Underlies Locus 16.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 903.566 m.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Phase Description Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs, including the addition of the Theater, intercolumnar...
Location In the north of the sondage.
Phase V
Stage Description Construction of the Theatron.
Overlies Unknown.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 904.416 m.
Definition North Hard-Packed Soil
Stage Stage 3
Description A hard packed reddish brown (Munsell 5 YR 4/4) sand with small pebble and large ashlar inclusions that creates terraces for the floor of the structure. The construction technique is consistent with the Nabataean layered style found in other instances of early terracing in the Upper Temenos Special Project 108 and Temple Special Project 107. There were no inclusions.
Combined with Loci 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 24.
Preserved Height 0.85 m.
Size 3.30 m north south-by- 0.93 m east west.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 17 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Special Project 200". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/847da49e-94ae-4805-67d6-ef6aff98c31e> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2k075q01

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