Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Stage Description	Disuse of the cistern and deposition of debris.
Underlies	Locus 15, test trench fill.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Location	Along east wall of cistern in south, but not as far as the area where the shaft opens into the cistern.
Definition	Second layer from top of test trench (1.00 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...
Stage	Stage 3
Description	This level contained a considerable number of roof tiles and a generally high amount of artifactual material including a small bone bead (Special Find #2, Seq. No. SP 85097). The Munsell of the damp, fine soil was 5YR4/4, Reddish Brown.
Bottom (m)	Closing Elevation: northeast 2.81 m below Sub datum SP 85 G or 900.082 m; southeast 3.01 m below Sub datum SP 85 F or 900.252 m.
Top (m)	Opening Elevation: northeast 1.81 m below Sub datum SP 85 G or 901.082 m; southeast 2.01 m below Sub datum SP 85 F or 901.252 m.
Size	2.50 m in north south length-by-1.50 m in east west width-by-1.00 m in depth.
Overlies	Locus 19, test trench fill.