Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Top (m)	Opening elevation: 905.320 m.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: 905.220 m.
Phase Description	Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The remainder of the subterranean canalization is...
Overlies	Locus 8.
Location	Inside the Locus 8 limestone channel.
Stage	Stage 4
Description	Locus 9 is a thin layer of Munsell 5YR4/4 reddish brown loose silty soil of fine consistency. The deposit measures 0.08 m north south-by-3.10 m east west and is located directly in the limestone cut channel (Locus 8). Small finds in the deposit include nominal amounts of pottery and charcoal. Judging from the location of this deposit, Locus 9 represents the accumulation of fine silt during the use of the limestone water channel, presumably continuing through SP 96 Stage 6. The ultimate filling of the channel with soil (by Stage 6) likely necessitated the later addition of the parallel ceramic channel, Locus 15.
Definition	Fine soil fill
Underlies	Locus 28.
Stage Description	Construction and early use of architectural features belonging to the temple's tetrastyle in antis expansion.
Phase	IV
Combined with	Loci 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20 and 21.