| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
|---|---|
| Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
| Stage Description | Floor leveling. |
| Overlies | Locus 7 |
| Phase | V |
| Stage | Stage 4 |
| Location | North end West CP East, area of robbed pavers (Tr. 97 Locus 23). |
| Top (m) | Opening elevation: 892.788 m |
| Underlies | Locus 4 |
| Description | A fill locus consisting of soil and rubble. The compacted soil has a fine consistency, containing both silt and sand, with a Munsell Color 7.5 YR 4/4 (Brown). The rubble consisted of some pebbles, cobbles, and nine limestone architectural fragments, which appear to derive from a shattered Attic column base or the echinus of a capital. The fill also contained pottery, bone, metal, and one piece of a plaster construction conglomerate. |
| Combined with | Loci 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (?), 7, 8, 24 |
| Definition | Soil and rubble fill locus between Loci 4 and 7 in central sondage and west extension |
| Phase Description | Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs. |
| Bottom (m) | Closing elevation: 892.608 m |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 6 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Special Project 105". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ec2fdab4-a579-46d9-c914-c595ca768677> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2nv9k031
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