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Top (m) Elevation: 898.736 m.
Description There is a hole in the Inter-Columnar wall (Locus 5) where the third column from the south once stood. It was originally thought that the column had been knocked-out to serve as a doorway to a possible structure; however, no structure was found (see Locus 9 above). Although it is not a doorway to a structure, Locus 6 still appears to have been deliberate destruction. This conclusion was reached because of the size of the hole and the absence of the bottom column drum when all the others in the immediate vicinity have survived. There is some evidence suggesting that there may have been a structure in Trench 36 to which this hole/doorway could belong.
Definition Hole in the wall.
Stage Stage 4
Phase Description Phase X: Site abandonment post major collapse dating to the Byzantine period from the CE 4th to 5th c....
Phase X
Stage Description Destruction marked by a deliberate disturbance in the intercolumnar wall, perhaps a doorway into an interior structure.
Architectural or Soil Locus? Architectural
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 6 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 36". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/f4bd876c-fb31-4940-8467-663a2f0e45fc> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k29g5r29g

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