Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Stage Description | West blocking wall installed. |
Bottom (m) | Closing Levels: 895.36 m. |
Overlies | Locus 17. |
Phase Description | Phase VII: Roman mid CE 2nd c. repairs following a more collapse. Building of the Propylaeum Central... |
Definition | West Vault Springers |
Location | West. |
Phase | VII |
Size | Dimensions: 5.00 m long-by-0.65 m high, width unknown. |
Stage | Stage 2b |
Top (m) | Opening Levels: 896.01 m. |
Description | A continuous vault springer carried on the west ledge and blocking/vaulting wall. The vaulting is fairly well constructed of squared sandstone blocks, and is preserved in most places to two courses. Its underlying relationship (or really, the underlying relationship of the whole wall complex of Loci 13, 17, and 18) is unknown since the bottom of the complex was not reached this season. |
Underlies | Unknown. |
Combined with | None. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 13 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Propylaeum/Trench 82". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/cca0b74a-cc5f-49d3-e81c-cfe33bd61da0> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k28d00h1f
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