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Combined with (contemporary loci: those loci which belong to the same stage).
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Location In the north of the sondage.
Overlies Unknown.
Stage Stage 2
Description A yellowish-red sandy soil (Munsell 5 YR 4/6) which is coarse, compact and with very few inclusions. Locus 3 is founded on this as well.
Preserved Height 0.38 m.
Definition Soil South of Locus 3 — Tetrastyle Wall
Stage Description Water installations.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 903.947 m.
Phase II
Underlies Loci 6 and 3.
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 903.567 m.
Size 1.95 m north south-by- 1.34 m east west.
Phase Description Phase II: First period of major Nabataean construction at the Great Temple complex in the 1st c. BCE. The...
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 17 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Special Project 107". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/cf1868db-78dd-4fbe-25a6-fd9bf79d04d0> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2hq41g54

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