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Bottom (m) Bottom elevation: 3.60 m from Point E or 886.01 m.
Phase Description Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The tetrastyle in antis temple is built, including...
Size 1.78 m in length –by- 0.12 m in height-by-0. 34 m width, but filled in with flat stones as a backing to make the threshold 0.68 m in width. (This measurement includes the stone backing into the West Corridor.)
Definition Part III Doorway 4 Threshold Block between Doorjambs Loci 11 (south) and 12 (north).
Location The bottom of the now cleared Doorway 4.
Abuts Locus 9 Pavement, Doorjambs Loci 11 and 12.
Stage Stage 1
Top (m) Top elevation: 3.48 m from Point E or 886.13 m.
Combined with Part I) Construction of the West Corridor Wall Locus 2 and Doorway 3 Doorjambs, Loci 4, 5 and Threshold Locus 14; Part II) Construction of the West Corridor Wall Locus 8; Part III) Doorway 4, and Doorjamb Locus 12. Locus 14 — Threshold Block between Doorjambs Loci 4 and 5 of Doorway 3, Part II. Locus 17 — Threshold Block between Locus 11 south and Locus 12 north.
Underlies Threshold Blockage, Locus 16, which now has been removed.
Phase IV
Description This block has pronounced diagonal chisel marks.
Stage Description Construction of the West Corridor Wall.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 17 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 63". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/98186833-a9a9-47ca-7063-a7a4a5ba03b1> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2q81dp3n

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