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

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.
p. 91-97.
p. 64-66.
Πολύχρυσοι Μυκήναι
p. 120-124.
The East Wing of the Palace of Mycenae

Linked resources

  • Tim1191

    Heavily disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca. 0.16-0.20m...

  • Tim1192

    Heavily disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca. 0.20m diam...

  • Tim1193

    Heavily disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca 0.20m diame...

  • Spa485

    Room W2 (ca. 6.70 × 5.00 m), the second room from the north in a series of ...

  • Spa486

    Room W3 (ca. 6.70 × 5.00 m), the third room from the north in a series of r...

  • Spa487

    Room W4 (ca. 6.70 × 4.50 m), the fourth room from the north in a series of ...

  • Str1133

    Vertical chases on the west walls of Rooms W1–W4, indicating the presence o...

  • Tim1194

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca 0.20m diameter/widt...

  • Tim1195

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca 0.20m diameter/widt...

  • Tim1196

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca 0.20m diameter/widt...

  • Tim1197

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca 0.20m diameter/widt...

  • Str1134

    Vertical chases on the west walls of Rooms W1–W4, indicating the presence o...

  • Tim1198

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca 0.15-0.20m diameter...

  • Tim1199

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca 0.15-0.20m diameter...

  • Tim1200

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca 0.15-0.20m diameter...

  • Tim1201

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca 0.15-0.20m diameter...

  • Tim1202

    A cylindrical hole of 0.15-0.20m diameter, extending for ca 0.40m into the...

  • Str1135

    Vertical chases on the west walls of Rooms W1–W4, indicating the presence o...

  • Tim1203

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber...

  • Tim1204

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber...

  • Tim1205

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber...

  • Str1136

    Vertical reinforcement system in the dividing wall between Rooms W1 and W2....

  • Tim1206

    A through-hole in the wall indicating at least one pair of vertical timbers...

  • Tim1207

  • Tim1208

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca 0.20m diameter/widt...