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Size 1.60 m north south-by-0.48 m (widest/narrowest) east west.
Stage Description Construction of the entrance corridor and steps.
Bonds to Loci 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Abuts None.
Underlies None.
Phase V
Location It bounds the corridor on the west side at the north.
Stage Stage 5
Bottom (m)
  • Closing Elevation: A – 2.67 m.
  • Closing elevation: A – 2.67 m.
Top (m) Opening Elevation: A – 1.53 m.
Phase Description Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs. The East 'Cistern' is used for storage and possibly...
Definition North Portion of West Wall
Description At its south end the wall is composed of three courses of irregularly shaped sandstone ashlars set above the Floor Pavers (Locus 6), and over the Top Step/Landing (Locus 5) and the Steps (Loci 1-4) the wall is composed of five course of roughly dressed and hewn sandstone set above the floor in cement. Initially thought to be part of the same wall construction as the South Portion of the West Wall, this locus was included in the description of Locus 5 in the SP94 report.
Overlies None.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 7 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Special Project 111". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ba41e1fa-7778-4ec2-1ca9-7050a76e7b5b> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k23t9nt96

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