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Overlies Locus 1.
Stage Description Repair of the cryptoporticus floor.
Underlies None.
Description This locus represents the 31 floor pavers lifted to conduct the sounding. Eight east west rows of pavers were removed. All pavers received both a number from 1-31 and a sequence number. Some of the pavers broke during removal. All pavers were stacked east west across the W CP East to form a low barrier wall at the north side of the sounding. The smaller fragments were numbered to correspond and stored in a crate in the LW-7 storage trench.
Abuts Tr. 97 2004 Loci 11, 12, 14, 27, 28, 29.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 893.760 m.
Location Floor of West CP East.
Definition Floor pavers removed for sounding
Phase Description Phase VI: Late Nabataean pre-CE 106 minor collapses and repairs. At this time the northwest subterranean...
Combined with Locus 1.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: lowest 893.660 m.
Phase VI
Stage Stage 12
Bonds to None.
Size 4.0 m north south-by-4.30 m east west.
Preserved Height 0.03 m – 0.10 m.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 33 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Special Project 104". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/b50d33bb-4d8b-47d4-c623-7d6e29bf8541> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2v987n5b

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