Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Stage Description	Reconstruction marked by the building of a north south Byzantine wall between the south columns of the West Triple Colonnade.
Stage	Stage 3
Phase Description	Phase X: Site abandonment post major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c....
Description	Locus 8 is a layer of preserved stucco/plaster around the column (Locus 2). It stands on the stylobate (Locus 10) and underlies the rubble layer which sits above it (Locus 4) and the ash layer which had seeped through around the column. It borders the wall (Locus 11), the mortar found surrounding it (Locus 5), which had preserved it, and the column. Only a quarter of it remains. The rest has deteriorated or fallen away. There were many pieces of plaster found in the Locus 4 rubble layer and Locus 3 ash layer.
Bottom (m)	Closing elevation: 899.056 m.
Phase	X
Definition	Preserved plaster coat on column
Top (m)	Elevation (top of plaster): 899.356 m and 899.086 m (damaged on top).
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Architectural