(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 Zimmermans 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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