Spa13

Code name (Unique Key)

Spa13

Name of the space

Space VII 4

Location code

Palace at Malia

Function of the space

Undetermined

Architectural features

Paving

General description of the space

Space VII 4 is also dubbed the 'Pillar Crypt'. Paved room (4 x 8,20 m) delimited by cut sandstone ashlar walls in varying masonries (rubble-backed to the West, North and South, and heterogeneous to the East - where the wall [Spa12] is opened for an access from space VII 3 framed by two columns [Str26 and Str27]. Mason's marks on the walls and pillars [Str12 and Str29].

Bibliography

Fouilles exécutées à Mallia: premier rapport (1922-1924) - Chapouthier & Charbonneaux 1928
Chapouthier, Charbonneaux, 1928, p. 27
Le palais de Malia, V - Pelon 1980
Pelon 1980, p. 163-165
Le Palais de Mallia et la cité minoenne: étude de synthèse - van Effenterre 1980
The Functions of Masons’ Marks in the Bronze Age Palace at Malia (Crete) - Devolder 2018
Devolder 2018, p. 350, 353, 356-357, 359-360, 362, fig. 13
Recherches sur les matériaux lithiques utilisés dans la construction du palais de Malia : étude géologique - Dimou et alii 2000
Dimou, et alii, 2000, fig. 5
PELON 1980 PLAN 21

Linked resources

  • Tim13

    Southern pillar in space VII 4...

  • Tim14

    Chapouthier, Charbonneaux, 1928, p. 27: Pièce VII 4 (4 x 8,20 m). Deux pil...

  • Str28

    See Tim13 and Tim14...