House of Columns/House of the Artisans at Mycenae

Code name (Unique Key)

Loc42

Site

Mycenae

Area

Citadel at Mycenae

Building

House of Columns/House of the Artisans at Mycenae

General type of building

Elite building

General functions of the building

Administration
Storage

General description of the location

House of the Columns is an extensive building to the east of the Artists` Workshop (at the east wing of Palace). It is a luxurious complex of multi storey buildings with a main court surrounded by porticoes supported on colonnades, ancillary areas and a well-stocked store rooms.

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Bibliography

Α.Wace,Mycenae an Archaeological History and Guide, Princeton New Jersey,Princeton University Press 1949,91-97.
Sp.Iakovidis, Late Helladic Citadels on Mainland Greece, Leiden, 1983,64-66.
Γ.Μυλωνάς, Πολύχρυσοι Μυκήναι, Εκδοτική Αθηνών,1983,120-124.
Mycenae - A. J. B. Wace : Mycenae. An Archaeological History and Guide. Pp. xviii+150: IIo ill. Princeton: University Press (London: Oxford University Press), 1949. Cloth, £6 net.
Late Helladic citadels on mainland Greece

Linked resources

  • Spa464

    The space of entrance of House of Columns including a small porch paved wit...

  • Str407

  • Tim1117

    A large conglomerate threshold found in situ about 2.50 m long and 1.10 m.w...

  • Str408

    A row of five columns (five conglomerate column bases preserved) situated a...

  • Spa465

    A space south of the megaron functioned as a court with three colonnades (a...

  • Tim1118

    Conglomerate stone base of 0.57 diameter found in situ...

  • Tim1119

    Conglomerate stone base of 0.57 diameter found in situ...

  • Tim1120

    Conglomerate stone base of 0.57 diameter found in situ...

  • Tim1121

    Conglomerate stone base of 0,57 diameter found in situ...

  • Tim1122

    Conglomerate stone base of 0,57 diameter found in situ...

  • Str409

    A row of three columns (one conglomerate column base out of three is pre...

  • Tim1123

    It should be a conglomerate stone base of 0,57 diameter...

  • Tim1124

    It should be a conglomerate stone base of 0,57 diameter...

  • Tim1125

    A conglomerate stone base of 0,57 diameter...

  • Str410

  • Tim1126

    It is a conglomerate stone base of 0.75 diameter...

  • Tim1127

    It is a conglomerate stone base of 0,75 diameter...

  • Spa466

    A rectangular space serves as a porch into the megaron though a door from t...

  • Str411

    It is a door used as an entrance to a porch into the megaron of the buildin...

  • Tim1128