Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Definition | East North South Wall Bordering and Shared with Trench 82 2001 and Trench 96 2003. Locus 8 North South Wall extending under the Locus 3 wall. (these walls Loci 3 and 8, are the same wall.) |
Combined with | Locus 8. |
Underlies | Collapse and debris excavated in Trench 82 2001, in 2003 Loci 4 and 11. |
Description | Wall Locus 8 is shared by Rooms 2 and 3, and given the same locus designation for both rooms. In Room 2 (its west face) it is eight courses in height, but in Room 3 (its west face) it is only six courses in height. |
Phase Description | Phase VII: Roman mid CE 2nd c. repairs following a more collapse. Building of the Propylaeum Central... |
Overlies | Locus 3 overlies Locus 8 North South Wall extending under it. |
Stage | Stage 5c |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: 895.682 m for Locus 3, Locus 8 it is 894.302 m. |
Phase | VII |
Stage Description | Building of the north south walls creating Propylaeum East Rooms 1, 2 and 3 with entrances from the street. |
Cuts | None. |
Bottom (m) | Closing Elevation: 894.90 m or at the uppermost wall ashlar of Locus 8 North South Wall extending under the Locus 3 wall. Closing elevation for Locus 8 is 891.457 m. |
Size | This wall has been imperiled by collapse; its upper courses are damaged probably from falling columns and ashlars. It was excavated in 2001 in Trench 82. It is 10.50 m in length-by-approximately 0.60 m in width. From the south this wall extends to a 2.55 m length and then there is a 2.04 m gap before its destination to the Portico Wall and Room 2 Doorway #2. Combined with the Locus 3 wall, with which it obviously belongs, the wall is 1.23 m in width as it was originally constructed. |
Location | In Trench 95 east. This wall is shared with Trench 82 2001 to its east. |
Bonds to | None. |
Abuts | Locus 1 PE East West Lower Temenos Retaining Wall and the Locus 15 East Face of Doorway #2 of the Portico Wall. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 3 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Propylaeum/Trench 95". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/a9162f04-f8ab-4031-f4e8-d62260aae54a> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2xp73r14
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