Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Stage Description | Expansions in the north and west including new walls and a plaster and sandstone floor in Room 4. May be in Phase VI or VII. |
Abuts | South wall of Locus 30 Cave 1. |
Underlies | None. |
Bottom (m) | Closing Depth: 907.315 m/907.315 m. |
Phase | V |
Phase Description | Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs. The East 'Cistern' is used for storage and possibly... |
Top (m) | Opening Depth: 907.415 m/907.385 m. |
Location | Inside Locus 30 Cave 1. |
Stage | Stage 6a |
Bonds to | None. |
Definition | Cave 1 possible betyls |
Overlies | Locus 31 bedrock cut floor for Cave 1. |
Description | This locus consists of two rectangular regularly cut blocks that were found lying on the bedrock floor, inside Cave 1. One of the blocks was slightly wider and taller than the other. They were both found lying directly in the center of the south wall of Cave 1. Thus, they seemed to have been intentionally placed there. Possibly, they both served as a rough form of domestic betyls, although there is no certain way of proving that. They have been dated to this stage since they must have been in their original position on the floor before Cave 1 was destroyed. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 40 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Trench 94". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/bfb5da49-0f26-41a6-c4fa-6e4aaecedea0> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k21j9gk5p
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