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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