Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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Description | Although Locus 4 has a disturbance of several blocks, it may originally have been a manhole that has been disturbed. Perhaps it was churned up by the plowing that took place in the Lower Temenos when the area was used for farming. Although the area was marked by disturbance, the formal attributes of four walls for access into the Subterranean Canalization System the Subterranean was not found. This locus was refilled. |
Phase Description | Phase IV: Nabataean Grand Design: 1st c. BCE to CE 1st c. The full Lower Temenos is constructed, complete... |
Underlies | Topsoil Locus 1. |
Location | 5 m to the south of Manhole #1 Locus 2; in direct line with Manholes #1 and 2, and direct line with the Central Stairs and the Canalization System of the Upper Temple Forecourt. |
Stage | Stage 1 |
Stage Description | Installation of the subterranean canalization system beneath the Hexagonal Pavement. Three manholes built. |
Definition | Manhole #3. |
Combined with | Manholes #1 and #2 Loci 2 and 3. |
Bottom (m) | Bottom elevation: 8.10 m. |
Size | This area of disturbance measures 1.10 m east west-by-1.20 m north south. It is 0.77 m in depth. |
Phase | IV |
Overlies | Subterranean Canalization System. |
Top (m) | Top elevation: 880 m. |
Architectural or Soil Locus? | Architectural |
Suggested Citation
Martha Sharp Joukowsky. (2007) "Locus 4 from Asia/Jordan/Petra Great Temple/Lower Temenos/Trench 66". In Petra Great Temple Excavations. Martha Sharp Joukowsky (Ed). Released: 2007-11-11. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/ff59ec30-2175-4706-87a1-61e876b45a15> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k29027002
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