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Stage Description Construction of the entrance corridor and steps.
Underlies None.
Abuts Locus 20.
Phase V
Stage Stage 5
Bottom (m) Closing Elevation: T – 2.34 m.
Phase Description Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs. The East 'Cistern' is used for storage and possibly...
Top (m) Opening Elevation: A – 0.05 m.
Overlies None.
Location The south portion of the western boundary of the trench.
Description Locus 8 comprises of the south portion of the west wall of SP94. It is comprised of 8 courses of hewn sandstone ashlars set in dirt. It does not bond with the south wall of the Residential Quarter (Locus 20). The excavation of Locus 10 of SP94 demonstrated that it was built onto sand at a depth of 2.34 m below A. Initially thought to be part of the same wall construction as the North Portion of the West Wall, this locus was included in the description of Locus 5 in the SP94 report.
Size 0.72 m north south-by-0.55 m east west.
Bonds to None.
Definition South Portion of West Wall
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 8 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Special Project 111". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/d24be12a-3ee2-4b7c-c57c-76750c291470> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2348qw47

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