Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Abuts	Locus 3 wall and Locus 5 stairs.
Size	2.17 m north south-by- 0.30 m (one block) east west.
Combined with	Unknown.
Overlies	Unknown.
Description	One row in width, this stairwell wall and corner has nine extant courses of diagonally dressed sandstone ashlars in the north by the entry to the baths. It may have served as the principal access to the baths. Constructed after the west wall Locus 3 has been compromised by some damage, the wall is uneven and appears to be in poor condition and in a state of collapse, having pulled away from the parent wall, Locus 3. It appears that Locus 3 is a resurfacing and was intended to strengthen the Locus 2 wall. Of interest is the fact that the secondary facing of this wall has pulled away from the Locus 3 parent wall and has a vertical split in the same vertical position, indicating that it did not succeed in covering up the earlier damage. Was this the result of a subsequent earthquake or tremor? Or was the Locus 3 parent wall insufficiently protected by this Locus 2 remodeling? The Locus 2 facing has partially fallen away—only one row has plaster adhering to its surface, and it appears as if it originally may have been yellow in color. The plaster extends around the corner of this feature. As the stairs continue upward (between the sixth and seventh step from the north of Locus 5, the wall ends where the wall is only two courses in height. Obviously this wall originally was to serve as a veneer for the Locus 3 wall abutting it and was originally plastered to it. This secondary wall has been staged here, because it is assumed, although later than the Locus 3 wall, it was planned as a repair soon after the Locus 3 wall suffered from splitting away from its matrix. It appears to have been a slipshod repair of the Locus 3 wall, which has also suffered from earthquake collapse because there is a vertical gap where the ashlars of both the Locus 2 and Locus 3 walls have separated. It is in a very compromised condition.
Underlies	Locus 1 Debris Collapse and Fill, bottom of Locus 5 Steps.
Phase Description	Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The full Lower Temenos is constructed, complete...
Top (m)	Opening elevation: 896.770 m.
Stage	Stage 1
Cuts	None.
Definition	West Wall and Corner, Secondary Facing Wall from Rebuilding
Phase	IV
Preserved Height	4.89 m only in the northeast corner of the wall.
Location	On the trench west, fronting the trench Locus 3 West Wall.
Bonds to	None.
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: 891.873 m.
Stage Description	Building of the West Entry Steps and Landing Platforms for West Bath entry.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Architectural