Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Underlies | In the north Locus 4 Collapse and debris. |
Definition | PE West North South Main Stair Wall |
Combined with | Trench 95 Locus 6 Wallearlier stages of the same wall. |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: 879.949 m. |
Location | In Trench 95 west providing the west boundary for the trench. |
Stage Description | Reconfiguration of the Portico Wall with doorways. A north south wall along the side of the central staircase is constructed in the west. |
Bottom (m) | Closing Elevation: Floor Room 1: 891.517 m. |
Phase Description | Phase VII: Roman mid CE 2nd c. repairs following a more collapse. Building of the Propylaeum Central... |
Abuts | Locus 1 PE East West Lower Temenos Retaining Wall and is abutted by Locus 7 West Face of the Room 1 West Doorway #1 in the Portico Wall. |
Phase | VII |
Cuts | None. |
Size | 10.50 m north south-by-1.36 m in width. |
Description | This is a massive wall rebuilt in many different stages. It is 15 courses on the inside of Trench 95. One large stretcher in this wall, the third block from the south, measures 1.61 m in length-by-0.40 m in width-by-0.40 m in depth. The adjacent header measures 0.70 m in length-by- 0.46 m in heightby-0.40 m in depth, and the next header measures 0.28 m in width-by-0.46 m in height and 0.40 m in depth. |
Stage | Stage 5b |
Bonds to | None. |
Overlies | Locus 6 Wall extending under the Locus 2 Wall on which Locus 2 was constructed. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 2 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Propylaeum/Trench 95". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/d4ad531c-7436-4236-58fa-f674ea43fed5> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2348r44s
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