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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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