Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
---|---|
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Soil |
Top (m) | Opening Elevation: 0.54 m below Sub datum SP 93 A or 904.968 m. |
Location | Under the current floor level, to the southwest of the Southwest column, below the Locus 3 stone buildup. |
Phase Description | Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The tetrastyle in antis temple is built, including... |
Stage | Stage 2 |
Stage Description | Installation of the South Corridor flooring. |
Definition | Soil fill below Locus 3 stones |
Underlies | Locus 3, second layer of large stones, aligned east west, below floor level for buildup. |
Size | 0.60 m north south length-by-0.60 m east west width-by-0.06 m depth. |
Phase | IV |
Bottom (m) | Closing Elevation: 0.60 m below Sub datum SP 93 A or 904.908 m. |
Description | This soil, another component of buildup for the South Corridor floor contained many stones, and a good number of bones. The lone pottery fragment in this locus was from a self-same slipped Nabataean bowl. The Munsell of this fine, compacted soil was 10YR3/4, Dark Yellowish Brown. |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 4 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Temple/Special Project 93". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f056c984-8b3b-4966-65cc-6e1efa606082> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2sx6d117
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