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Bottom (m) Closing depth: Unknown.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Description Munsell 7.5YR 4/6, a strong brown (matrix only) soil. Locus 2 is a stone fill laid fairly carefully. It is interpreted to be structural fill below the small Hexagonal Pavement of the Temple Forecourt of the Upper Temenos. Many of the blocks are large and roughly squared-off. The northern edge has suffered erosion. The debris on top of this locus was cleared off, but Locus 2 itself was not excavated.
Phase Description Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The remainder of the subterranean canalization is...
Definition Stone terrace fill.
Stage Stage 3
Top (m) Opening depth: 903.516 m at west, 903.616 m at east, 900.136 m at north.
Phase IV
Stage Description Terrace fill laid to support the Upper Temenos.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 2 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Trench 46". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/b563cd88-5395-4b2f-939e-eea23ad274d1> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2s46rz02

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