Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Phase	IV
Phase Description	Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The remainder of the subterranean canalization is...
Stage	Stage 3
Stage Description	Packed large hewn stone fill laid creating the Forecourt platform overlying the Lower Temenos Retaining Wall.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Architectural
Definition	Bedding.
Top (m)	Opening depth: 899.756 m at north; 904.116 m at south.
Bottom (m)	Closing depth: 899.436 m at north; 903.446 m at south.
Description	Locus 2 was originally seen as a floor or floor bedding and mapped as such; in retrospect, it seems more likely that it merely represents the top of Locus 3, the thick fill layer, which contains large stones, laid flat. Above Locus 2 lies a more-likely candidate for a bedding, Locus 27 (see below).