Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Abuts | Locus 5 platform, Locus 7 West Doorway Wall #1 of the Portico Wall. |
Definition | Wall extending under the Locus 2 Wall on which Locus 2 was constructed |
Overlies | Unknown. |
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. |
Size | 10.25 m north south-by-0.50 m east west. |
Bottom (m) | Closing Elevation: 891.457 m the closing elevation of its excavation. |
Phase Description | Phase VII: Roman mid CE 2nd c. repairs following a more collapse. Building of the Propylaeum Central... |
Description | On the east fronting ashlars of the east face generally average 0.50 m in width. One large block in this wall measures 1.61 m in length-by-0.45 m height-by- 0.40 m in depth. In contrast, the third ashlar from the south measures 0.70 m in length-by-0.46 m in height. |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: 894.097 m. |
Phase | VII |
Cuts | None. |
Stage | Stage 5b |
Combined with | Room 1 Locus 7 West Doorway #1 Wall. |
Bonds to | None. |
Underlies | Loci 4 and 10 collapse and debris. |
Location | In the west of Trench 95, forming the west perimeter of the trench. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 6 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/e37a72e4-e553-47d1-b5f1-f619576a6638> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k28g8pw2v
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