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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 None
Overlies Possible canalization and ripped out stair treads.
Phase V
Bottom (m) Closing Depth: 906.748 m.
Phase Description Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs. The East 'Cistern' is used for storage and possibly...
Cuts None
Definition Room 4 West Wall/ Room 6 East Wall
Stage Stage 6a
Underlies Soil Locus 16.
Top (m) Opening Depth: 907.358 m.
Bonds to None.
Location In the northeast of the Residential Quarter.
Description This wall contains a shoddily constricted sluice gate built with what seem to be reused pavers. The sluice is 0.16 m in length-by-0.49 m in width-by-0.60 m in height. It is associated with several roughly detectable remains of what appear to be small channels. Originally, there might have been stair treads in front of this wall that were later robbed at some point before the area was filled in with debris.
Size 1.07 m length-by-0.40 m width-by-0.61 m height.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 93 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/d09ff265-7c72-4750-b623-4c0a0a653072> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2g73gq4n

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