Str1128

Code name (Unique Key)

Str1128

Type of structural unit

Door frame

List of related timber evidence

Threshold

Location code

House of Columns/House of the Artisans at Mycenae

Space code

Court

List of chronological phases

Late Helladic III B2 (1250-1200) - Mycenean period

Position in the space

The entrance door (R) to the south rooms at court level, now lost.

Type of door (architectural)

Entrance door

Presence of threshold

Yes

Type of threshold (architectural)

Monolithic stone slab

Type of threshold (structural)

Load bearing

Shape of the threshold

Large conglomerate threshold, roughly rectangular 2.50 x 1.25 m

Method of documentation

Bibliographical

General description of the door frame

"The entrance (x) to these rooms was probably marked by a large conglomerate threshold now fallen into the basement (Fig. 32). This block is over 2.50 m. long and about 1.25 m. wide and was intended for a door, which to judge by the cuttings in the threshold would have been about 1.10 m. wide. " Wace 1949, 94

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.94

Linked resources

  • Tim1189

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