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(Corrected 12/XII/00)

Site Datum Points

El-Katute — 930.786

CP 103 — 915.036

CP 104 — 903.896

CP 10 — 898.286

Colonnaded Street

Crown directly north of the Propylaeum — 890.326

South gutter directly north of the Propylaeum — 890.146

Propylaeum

Curbing — 890.656

Lowest Step — 890.746

Upper Step — 897.246

Lower Temenos

Hexagonal Pavement — 898.676 ± 0.12

Easternmost Colonnade — 898.626 ± 0.16 (pavers and stylobate slope downward slightly)

Sondage SP 25 depth — 891.966

West Exedra (Height (maximum) — 903.516

Porch Column Stylobate — 899.346

Byzantine Platform — 900.246

West Stairway (Laurel) Lowest step-curb — 899.136

Restored upper step — 903.936

East Exedra maximum height — 905.156

Porch Column stylobate — 899.146

East Stairway (Elizabeth): Lowest step curb — 899.136

Last Excavated upper step — 902.576

Upper Temenos

West Corridor — 905.466 ± 0.06

West Corridor maximum height — 909.016

East Corridor — 905.526

East Corridor maximum height — 910.066

Temple Forecourt — 904.016

East Archway “Cistern” Arch Upper Elevation — 905.226

Lowest excavated elevation (quarry) — 898.756

Lowest plaster floor — 900.616

Canalization System

Temple Forecourt, capstone upper elevation — 903.846

Floor elevation — 901.596

Trench 13 lowest elevation below Hexagonal Pavement — 898.236

Temple

Stylobate — 905.626 ± 0.05

Pronaos — 905.346 ± 0.04

Preserved height of West Anta (Patricia) 2.6

Preserved height in south 8.5

Restored porch columns average — 907.956 ± 0.10

West Anta (Patricia) elevation — 909.146

East Anta (Pierre) elevation — 907.746

West Walkway — 905.536 ± 0.01

Theatron

Orchestra — 905.526 ± 0.02

Lowest diazoma — 907.106 ± 0.02

Lowest seating — 907.496 ± 0.01

Uppermost excavated seating — 908.586

Projected last seat (approximate) — 914.666

Lowest step — 905.971

Restored uppermost step — 910.486

Upper platform — 910.486

East Stairway (Simon)

Floor at the bottom of the stairs — 905.606

Lowest step — 905.976

Restored uppermost step — 910.516

Upper Platform — 910.526

West Stairway (Monica)

Floor at the bottom of the stairs — 905.626

Lowest step — 905.971

Restored uppermost step — 910.486

Upper Platform — 910.486

Central Arch

Top of Keystone — 910.506

Heart-shaped east rear column (Suleiman Column) restored height — 912.486

Great Temple Precinct — Dimensions in meters

Precinct north-south (from portico wall in the Propylaeum to the preserved south Precinct Wall north-south — 135-by-56 east west

Total Area 75602 m (3/4 hectare)

Propylaeum

Stair width 7.4-by-17 m length

Lower Temenos

North-south (from the Propylaeum Retaining Wall to the Lower Temenos Retaining Wall) — 49 m

East-west —56 m

Retaining Wall West — 28 m

Expanse of Lower Temenos from East Exedra to the West Exedra — 32.7 m

East Colonnade : Width 11.8 m Length from the Exedra to the Propylaeum terrace Wall — 54 m

East Exedra: east-west — 6.8 m; depth north-south — 5.4 m

West Exedra: east west — 6.5 m; depth north-south — 5.3 m

Temple — the largest freestanding structure in Petra

Porch Stylobate east-west — 28 m

From the East Walkway to the West Walkway — 35.5 m

Temple north-south — 42.5 m

Porch inter-axial distance between the East Anta (middle line of the wall) and the East Porch Column (Nadine Column — 4.40 m (approximately)

East porch columns (Nadine and Pia) — 5.03 m

Central Porch Columns (Pia and Martha) — 7.06 m (approximately)

West Porch Columns (Martha and Artie) — 5.03 m

Pronaos

Width from the Stylobate south edge to the front of the Anta East (Pierre) and Anta West (Patricia) — 6.5 m

Length 24.7 m

Side columns inter-axial distance east and west — 3.51 m

Rear columns inter-axial distance — 3.27 m

Theatron

Orchestra floor diameter — 6.43 m

Proposed diameter of outermost seats according to Paul Zimmerman’s reconstruction — 33.2 m

Estimated seating capacity (0.5 m per person) — 565; (0.45 m per person — 620

West Corridor: length from the front of the West Anta (Patricia) to the rear — 12 m-by-3 m width

West Walkway: Excavated length from the front of the West Anta (Patricia) — 33.3 m-by-3.7 m width

East Plaza width  9.53 m.  The Plaza measures 45.37 m-by-14 m.

East Reservoir to the south escarpment — 45.37 m

From the “cistern” behind the East Exedra to the south escarpment — 58.81 m

East Walkway: Width 3.67


 
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