Str412

Code name (Unique Key)

Str412

Type of structural unit

Free-standing column

List of related timber evidence

Stone base with mortises

Space code

List of chronological phases

Late Helladic III B2 (1250-1200)

Position in the space

The base is not on the central axis of the court but in line with the west anta of the entrance at the N end.

State of preservation when excavated

Good

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

Bibliographical

General description of the structural unit

A column base which suggests the existence of a porch roof or a stoa coming into the yard is a block of limestone with the upper part cut to circular shape rising slightly above the floor level. The wooden column for the base had a diameter of c.0.40m.

Media legend and metadata

Pl_Myc_Str412_Tim1129_001

Bibliography

Χρ.Τσούντας, Ανασκαφαί Μυκηνών του 1886,(πιν.4 και 5),Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογική Εταιρεία,1888, τόμος 41, 59-79.
Sp.Iakovidis, Late Helladic Citadels on Mainland Greece, Leiden, 1983,47-48.
K.Shelton, Well Built Mycenae, Fascicule 14: Tsountas House Area, Archaeopress Archaeology, 2022,p.13.

Linked resources

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