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Underlies Locus 5.
Abuts Locus 16.
Description Retaining or supporting wall of sandstone blocks, hewn and dressed, oriented north south and acting as a boundary between the Lower Temenos of the Great Temple and the north garden of the Lower Market. The wall runs right between and parallel to the East Cryptoporticus Wall of the East Triple Colonnade of the Lower Temenos, and the west retaining or boundary wall of the northern garden area of the Lower Market site. Its top is exposed for much of its length, from the Propylaeum area to the region of the East Exedra, but in Trench 99 it can be seen as founded upon what might be Parr’s “Wall K”.
Phase Description Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. building of the full Propylaeum, including the...
Stage Stage 9
Overlies Locus 18.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 894.216 m in north.
Phase IV
Definition Boundary Wall
Top (m) Opening elevation: 897.506 m in north.
Combined with None.
Size Only north end in trench.
Stage Description Construction of Lower Market and boundary walls.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Location In southeast corner of trench.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 17 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Propylaeum/Trench 99". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/a563457f-f8c5-4b1f-66e0-eefc05866bd8> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k20z78r60

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