Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Definition | Continuation of the West Wall bonded to the Locus 13 Platform landing Opening elevation: 899.428 m. |
Overlies | Unknown. |
Abuts | Locus 11 Steps, Locus 10 the Nefesh Platform. |
Description | This wall is a continuation of the Locus 3 West Wall of the West Entry Steps. It is bonded to the Locus 10 Nefesh Platform-Terrace and provides its south support; it then takes a corner to the east and continues in the line of the Locus 3 West Wall. It is a sturdy sandstone wall of hewn blocks that are wet laid with mortar. It is six courses in height in the northeast corner where it joins with the the Locus 11 steps. Is upper courses have suffered from the onslaught of collapse and erosion, and its ashlars are compromised. The justification for ascribing these steps to this phase is that all the extant steps and platform landings are considered to have been constructed concurrently. |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: 899.428 m. |
Preserved Height | 1.90 m. |
Phase Description | Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The full Lower Temenos is constructed, complete... |
Size | 11.85 m north south-by- approximately 1.30 m east west. |
Underlies | Locus 1 Debris Collapse and Fill, |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: 897.439 m. |
Stage | Stage 1 |
Cuts | None. |
Location | Southwest trench. |
Phase | IV |
Bonds to | Locus 10 the Nefesh Platform. |
Combined with | Loci 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 and possibly Loci 3 and 4. |
Stage Description | Building of the West Entry Steps and Landing Platforms for West Bath entry. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 14 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 102-103". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/a55cda80-96ec-4ac6-b712-a6fc1f21d5bb> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2nk3fv7g
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