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Architectural or Soil Locus? Soil
Phase V
Overlies Unknown.
Stage Description Construction of settling tank.
Stage Stage 2
Phase Description Phase V: Late Nabataean CE 1st c. redesign and repairs. The East 'Cistern' is used for storage and possibly...
Bottom (m) Closing elevation: excavated to 905.609 m A.
Description A further continuation of the sondage in the east revealed neither the continuation of a wall nor any signs of an earlier building phase. The strong brown deposit Munsell 7.5 YR 5/6 was uniform and lacked any material artifacts. The inclusion of soil and the inability to determine from inside the Settling Tank if the west wall of the Baroque room was an addition, coupled with the constant danger of collapse of the east wall of the Settling Tank, led the excavator to halt the excavation.
Underlies Locus 13 (Floor Bedding).
Abuts Locus 13 (Floor Bedding).
Location Sondage in the east portion of the trench.
Top (m) Opening elevation: 906.029 m A.
Size 3.86 m north south -by- 1.48 m east west.
Definition Soil under leveling for Settling Tank
Suggested Citation

Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 14 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Upper Temenos/Trench 101". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/fa5d0267-2b74-4d8c-1719-556336af9565> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k21j9gj95

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