Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Description | Unshaped limestone and sandstone cobbles and boulders protecting the east side of the canalization extending along the west side of the trench. The matrix consists of soil (Munsell 10YR 6/4, light yellowish brown) and lumps of clay (Munsell 5GY 7/1, light greenish gray), suggesting that, like the wadi pebble fill (Locus 9), the matrix also originated in a wadi bed. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
Phase Description | Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The remainder of the subterranean canalization is... |
Stage | Stage 2 |
Top (m) | Opening Levels: 884.616 m at center. |
Bottom (m) | Closing Levels: 882.716 m at center. |
Definition | Canalization builders trench. |
Phase | IV |
Stage Description | Canalization constructed in a builder's trench cut through the gravel platform and capped. |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 15 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Trench 54". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/d6e640a6-ee91-4ae1-b050-884334e6dfe2> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k26114096
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