Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Stage Description	Disuse of the cistern and deposition of debris.
Definition	Bottom layer of fill excavated below cistern shaft
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Size	2.38 m in southeast to northwest length-by-1.28 m in southwest to northeast width-by-0.10 m in depth.
Top (m)	Opening Elevation: 1.40 m below Sub datum SP 85 E or 901.972 m.
Underlies	Locus 3, cistern fill.
Phase	XI XII X IX XIII
Phase Description	Phase X: Site abandonment after major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c. New... Phase IX: Major CE 363 earthquake leads to the collapse of large architectural features and the primary... Phase XII: Use levels, robbing and abandonments continue. Upper levels of fluvial wash are deposited. Rooms A and B are abandoned. Phase XIII: Major collapses continue into the Islamic period. Phase XI: Further collapse post-CE 5th c., possibly the result of the earthquake of 512. Fill accumulates...
Stage	Stage 3
Description	The lowest layer of fill excavated beneath the shaft in the southeast of the cistern. After this locus was closed, excavation of a test trench along the cistern’s east wall was begun. Present in this fill was a large amount of pottery and the usual artifactual material, including more painted wall plaster, particularly green, than found in previous loci. The soil itself was packed and hard with many stones and had a Munsell soil color of 7.5YR4/4, Brown.
Bottom (m)	Closing Elevation: 1.50 m below Sub datum SP 85 E or 901.872 m.
Location	In southeast of SP 85 cistern below shaft opening.