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Size From the third column from the south following the stylobate north.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Phase XIV
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: - 0.97 m below Pt. 71A, or 898.91 m.
Location The easternmost extent of Trench 71.
Stage Description Modern soil accumulation.
Top (m) Opening elevation: not given, but probably at the Sub datum Point 71 A elevation, or 899.884 m.
Combined with Loci 1 and 2.
Definition Fill from the third standing column from the south along the east stylobate of the West Triple Colonnade
Phase Description Phase XIV: Modern period marked by Bedouin activity and the accumulation of recent debris.
Description This is a compacted fine sandy soil is a Munsell 7.5YR4/2.
Stage Stage 7
Underlies Loci 1 and 2.
Bonds to None.
Overlies Stylobate and hexagonal pavement.
Abuts Locus 11.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 6 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 71". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/8e5b538e-5a70-43a3-4768-e2e5da59a879> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2nc6200d

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