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Phase Description Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The remainder of the subterranean canalization is...
Stage Stage 4
Bonds to Locus 110 Room 7 north wall.
Location In the south center of the Residential Quarter.
Overlies Bedrock, Locus 81 older Room 2 west wall/ Room 7 east wall.
Abuts Locus 86 Room 2 north pier, Locus 82 Room 2 floor, Locus 46 Room 7 south wall/ Room 8 north wall, Locus 69 Original Room 7 sub-floor.
Bottom (m) Closing Depth: 906.986 m.
Phase IV
Definition Room 2 West Wall/ Room 7 East Wall
Description A later addition to what may have been a wall which extended along the same orientation, and was later replaced with this feature. Perhaps this wall consists of a repair and extension to the earlier and better constructed Locus 81. This wall extends 7.33 m in length-by-0.85 m in width. It is composed of a hodgepodge of irregular stones, some with diagonal dressing and others with more roughly cut marks. Also, some parts of it contain many chinking stones.
Top (m) Opening Depth: 910.556 m.
Stage Description Major construction.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Underlies Soil Locus 3.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 47 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Trench 94". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/8f1a4f53-ff49-47b7-897e-57e340eb935c> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2jw8qt20

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