| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
| Phase | XI |
| Stage | Stage 4 |
| Description | Locus 4 is a layer of rubble and tumble from a period of destruction. It was possibly the cause for Byzantine abandonment, or it may have occurred some time after. The rubble layer, Munsell 7.5YR 4/4, overlies the mortar (Locus 5), the layer of abandonment (Locus 6), up against the east edge of the mortar (Locus 5), against the column (Locus 2) and the wall (Locus 11). Destruction, therefore, must post-date the building of the wall, the plaster around the column and the mortar used to reinforce the column and possibly the wall. Within this rubble area there was a compact concentration of stones, some marble, tile, plaster, tesserae, glass and pottery sherds, most of which could not be assigned to a culture. One of the strongest impressions of a destruction, however, was a column drum found sitting right above the rubble layer which was cracked in several pieces and had obviously tumbled in a forceful fall. It may have fallen from the column in SP 26 (Locus 2), or from a column in the Upper Temenos it must have fallen quite far, for it suffered unfortunate damage. |
| Top (m) | Opening elevation: 899.266 m at northwest, 899.566 m at southwest, 899.306 m at northeast, 899.456 m at southeast, 880.30 m at center (where column drum was found). |
| Definition | Layer of rubble |
| Phase Description | Phase XI: Further collapse post- CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of CE 512. Major collapses... |
| Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: 899.356 m at west, 899.086 m at center. |
| Stage Description | Deposition of later collapse material and accumulation of topsoil. Debris contains a large concentration of architectural elements and wash. |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 4 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Special Project 26". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/883a3ac6-5e6f-489c-0de2-a2e8c0be3ee7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2w37vt5w
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