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Description This five course wall is comprised of three irregular ashlars in the uppermost row spanning the 1.77 m opening of the doorway. It is 1.95 m in height, one course higher than the Locus 6 Blockage Wall in Doorway 3.The removal of this wall took place on July 10-11, 1999. It was dismantled for various reasons: The reused ashlars that the ‘Byzantines’ erected to prevent entry into the West Corridor was a factor that in our consideration of the modern tourist flow pattern through the Temple should not be a hindrance to the visitor from visiting the complex and following in the path of its original Nabataean design.
Size 1.95 m in height-by-1.77 m in width.
Definition Threshold Blockage between Locus 11 the South Doorjamb and Locus 12 the North Doorjamb.
Underlies Locus 10 overburden and debris.
Stage Stage 3
Phase Description Phase VI: Late Nabataean pre-CE 106 minor collapses and repairs. The East, West and South Corridor doorways...
Overlies Threshold Block Locus 17.
Top (m) Top elevation: 888.09 m.
Location In the fourth doorway from the north in the West Corridor Wall.
Abuts Locus 11 the South Doorjamb and Locus 12 the North Doorjamb.
Bottom (m) Bottom elevation: 886.142 m.
Stage Description Southern two doorways of the West Corridor Wall completely blocked.
Phase VI
Combined with Locus 18 Drain, Locus 6 Threshold blockage (now removed). Locus 18 — Drain opening in the East-West Wall at the south end of Trench 63, Part III.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 16 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/9de450ac-bb50-469c-5f50-d11adf07e0d8> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k27084w04

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