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

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  • Tim1210

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca 0.25m diameter/widt...

  • Tim1211

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

  • Str1137

    Vertical reinforcement system in the south wall of Corridor X, where the ch...

  • Tim1212

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  • Tim1213

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  • Tim1214

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  • Tim1215

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  • Tim1216

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  • Tim1217

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

  • Tim1218

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

  • Tim1219

    A through-hole at the intersection of horizontal Tim1213 and vertical Tim12...

  • Str1138

    Vertical reinforcement system in the east wall of Corridor Y and the west w...

  • Tim1220

    First preserved chase for a horizontal timber from the ground, running alon...

  • Tim1221

    Second preserved chase for a horizontal timber from the ground, running alo...

  • Tim1222

    Disturbed chase on the wall for a vertical timber of ca 0.20-0.25m diameter...

  • Tim1223

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  • Tim1224

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  • Tim1225

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  • Tim1226

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  • Tim1227

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  • Tim1228

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  • Tim1229

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  • Tim1230

    A hole 0.55 m deep,at the intersection of horizontal Tim1220 and vertical T...

  • Tim1231

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