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Combined with Upper levels are combined with the north south cryptoporticus arch system. The lower levels probably are to be combined with the earliest Lower Temenos Retaining Wall.
Abuts Locus 2 PE West North South Main Stair Wall, Locus 6 Wall extending under the Locus 2 on which Locus 2 was constructed, Locus 3 East North South Wall Bordering and Shared with Trench 82 2001and Locus 8 North South Wall extending under the Locus 3 wall.
Overlies Unknown.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 896.386 m.
Bottom (m) Closing Elevation: Sidewalk at 890.053 m.
Phase Description Phase VI: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. building of the full Propylaeum, including the...
Underlies Loci 4, 10 and 11 Collapse and Debris.
Size 23.5 east west-by-1.20 north south, but the north south dimensions are unsure, because it has been incompletely excavated and backs up against the rubble and ashlar fill of the Lower Temenos.
Stage Stage 4a
Phase VI
Description This wall appears to have been constructed in two stages. The early stage is the Lower Temenos Retaining Wall and the later stage is the arch springer wall for the cryptoporticus system. It is in poor condition. This wall stands some 6.33 m above the Street. Although we have considered it one wall, one locus, however, there are signs that sections of it have been rebuilt in antiquity (See Locus 12 below).
Definition PE East West Lower Temenos Retaining Wall
Bonds to None.
Stage Description Wall K constructed. (no vestiges remain in the east). Propylaeum Retaining Wall is built.
Location In the south of Trench 95 (not excavated in Trench 96).
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Cuts Is cut by Locus 2 PE West North South Main Stair Wall.
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 1 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Propylaeum/Trench 95". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f3f2d5a6-f83a-4309-e617-e384e8d6d636> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2d221h79

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