Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Overlies	Loci 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Combined with	Loci 8, 13.
Underlies	None.
Top (m)	Opening elevation: A – 0.76 m.
Phase	XI XII X IX XIII
Phase Description	Phase X: Site abandonment after major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c. New... Phase IX: Major CE 363 earthquake leads to the collapse of large architectural features and the primary... Phase XII: Use levels, robbing and abandonments continue. Upper levels of fluvial wash are deposited. Rooms A and B are abandoned. Phase XIII: Major collapses continue into the Islamic period. Phase XI: Further collapse post-CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of 512. Fill accumulates...
Definition	Soil Locus in Center of Trench
Stage Description	Later sedimentation and fill.
Description	This locus comprises of the main sediment layer at the highest level of the trench. It measured 4.90 m north south-by-1.66 m east west. It was in contact will all four walls of the trench (Loci 2, 3, 4, 5), and had a Munsell Color of 5YR 4/4 or Reddish Brown. It contained large amounts of debris, and a mixed range of pottery and bones, all indicative of a sediment or wash-down layer. It was a mix of sand, soil, and pebble to medium and large stone. Distribution of artifacts was random, however, the two special finds are particularly noteworthy. One was a small intact ceramic bowl, and the other was a small, green, incised ceramic bead.
Stage	Stage 7
Location	Sediment over entire trench.
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: A – 1.66 m.