Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Underlies	Locus 23 cistern fill.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Size	0.98 m in north south diameter-by-1.05 m in east west diameter-by-0.12 m in depth.
Phase	XI XII X IX XIII
Phase Description	Phase X: Site abandonment after major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c. New... Phase IX: Major CE 363 earthquake leads to the collapse of large architectural features and the primary... Phase XII: Use levels, robbing and abandonments continue. Upper levels of fluvial wash are deposited. Rooms A and B are abandoned. Phase XIII: Major collapses continue into the Islamic period. Phase XI: Further collapse post-CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of 512. Fill accumulates...
Definition	Second layer (from top) of cistern fill (0.12 m)
Stage	Stage 3
Location	In cistern shaft (Locus 22) is southwest of SP 84.
Top (m)	Opening Elevation: 0.12 m below Sub datum SP 84 D or 905.044 m.
Bottom (m)	Closing Elevation: 0.24 m below Sub datum SP 84 D or 904.924 m.
Overlies	Locus 25 cistern fill.
Stage Description	Destruction and accumulation of debris.
Combined with	Locus 23, Loci 25-29, Loci 37-40 cistern fill.
Description	The second highest and second latest cross-section of fill from the cistern shaft. 0.12 m deep, with a Munsell reading of 2.5YR3/3, Dark Reddish Brown. These layers were carefully removed with trowels, small shovels, dustpans, and gofahs, and then looked through several times to ensure that all artifactual material was saved.