Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Stage Description	Disuse of the cistern and deposition of debris.
Architectural or Soil Locus?	Soil
Underlies	Locus 1, cistern fill.
Definition	Second layer from top of fill in cistern below shaft
Description	The second highest level of fill below the shaft of the cistern, distinguished from Locus 1 by a slightly harder and finer soil, though initially begun arbitrarily by depth. The Munsell of the soil was 5YR3/3, Dark Reddish Brown.
Bottom (m)	Closing Elevation: 0.90 m below Sub datum SP 85 E or 902.472 m.
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
Overlies	Locus 3, cistern fill.
Size	1.88 m in southeast to northwest length-by-1.10 m in southwest to northeast width-by-0.40 m in depth.
Top (m)	Opening Elevation: 2.30 m below Sub datum SP 84 D or 902.864 m.
Location	In southeast of SP 85 cistern below shaft opening.