Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
---|---|
Top (m) | Opening Elevation: A 1.57 m. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
Phase Description | Phase VII: Roman mid-CE 2nd c. collapse and repairs. The Pronaos floor pavers robbed and the Theater stage... |
Underlies | Loci 1, 6. |
Definition | Soil Beneath the West Walkway Wall |
Overlies | Unknown. |
Stage | Stage 2 |
Size | 1.34 m north south-by-0.44 m east west. |
Location | Beneath the West Walkway Wall (Locus 6), filling the gap between Locus 6 and the Platform Boundary (Locus 4). |
Stage Description | Construction of West Walkway wall and floor. |
Description | Locus 2 had a Munsell Color of 7.5 YR 4/6, or Strong Brown. It consisted of moist, sandy soil with some small pebbles. Pottery inclusions were few, and stucco inclusions seemed to be remnants of the mortar bedding for the payers that had previously been a part of Locus 1 before robbing out. P-2 contained one piece of Nabataean pottery that corresponded to phase 3b-4 of Schmids pottery chronology (1st-4th century CE). There were, however, many small, finely cut white and black tesserae, that may be Byzantine or Late Roman. This locus was fill/foundation bedding for the West Walkway Wall (Locus 6), and also filled in the area between the West Walkway Wall and the Platform Boundary (Locus 4). |
Phase | VII |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: Unknown. |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 2 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Special Project 109". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/995e171f-d46c-45a7-07f2-fd619a75e94b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2805606c
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