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Underlies Locus 3.
Overlies Locus 7.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Phase Description Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs, including the addition of the Theater, intercolumnar...
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: 906.076 m.
Location Throughout the Trench.
Phase V
Combined with Soil Loci 3, 7, 8 and 9.
Preserved Height 0.63 m.
Stage Description Construction of the theatron and its seats.
Description The excavator daily defined artificial loci when removing the Theatron fill in order to separate material remains. This was also to account for any extraneous inclusion in the top levels of the fill that might have been deposited or contaminated during consolidation and reconstruction at the upper levels of the Theatron seating. The coarse strong brown fill soil (Munsell 7.5 YR 5/6) is harsh textured sand with some large ashlar inclusions. The reused architectural elements and painted stucco suggests that the fill was reused from a previous construction, potentially on the site. Schmidt 2a Nabataean fine ware was recovered.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 907.540 m.
Size 0.76 m north south-by-2.92 m east west.
Stage Stage 6
Definition Theatron Construction Fill
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 4 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Trench 123". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/e3e3b9f7-acaf-42d4-aa30-6a1e5534bd9c> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2b85cb0d

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