Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Combined with | The collapse of the West Triple Colonnade and the abandonment. |
Top (m) | Opening elevation: - 0.94 m below Sub datum F, or 899.07 m. |
Abuts | The middle stylobate and the Locus 22 Wall. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
Underlies | Top soil loci and areas of burning. |
Location | This particular lens if found in the western part of Trench 71. |
Description | This is a lens of Munsell 7.5YR5/2 soil that was deposited before the industrial reuse of the area, and it was less affected by the burning which took place throughout the trench. |
Definition | Fill under the burned lens of Locus 23, against the Locus 22 Wall. (Perhaps later in Stage 3) |
Size | This lens sporadically covers the West Triple Colonnade bedding. |
Stage | Stage 3 |
Phase Description | Phase X: Site abandonment post major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c.... |
Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: - 1.66 m at its widest point below Sub datum Point 71 F, or 898.35 m. |
Stage Description | First period of reuse marked by the reoccupation of the West Exedra. Subterranean channel, steps, platform and bench built into the West Exedra. |
Phase | X |
Bonds to | None. |
Overlies | Floor bedding for the West Triple Colonnade. |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 24 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 71". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/eb5f79e5-81cb-4a1c-7582-3527bc2aa7a7> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2xw4hq41
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