Str120

Code name (Unique Key)

Str120

Location code

Type of structural unit

Staircases

List of related timber evidence

Hole
Imprint on mud-brick / clay / plaster / ash

Space

Phase

Old Palace Period (1900-1700)

Position in the space

To the South of Space I 1.

Existence of landing

Yes

Steps and pavement of landing

Mud-brick
Stone slabs
Plaster

Presence of solid built stone or mudbrick base under the first steps

Yes

Presence of main timber beams

Transversal (to the axis of the staircase)

Presence of secondary timber beams

Longitudinal (parallel to the axis of the staircase)

Vertical timber posts bearing the load bearing structure of the stairs or the landing

No

Type of masonry

Mud-brick

Presence of vertical timber reinforcements of the string wall

No

Plaster or cladding on the wall

Plaster

Description of the connection of the structural unit with other structural units

The transversal bearing beams of the staircase are inserted in the surrounding walls and the stringwall. Moreover, horizontal imprints along the surrounding walls point to the presence of horizontal timbers (reinforecement elements?) adjacent to the walls, under the staircase, which may have been connected with the load-bearing structure.

State of preservation when excavated

Bad

Current state of preservation

Restored

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site
Bibliographical

Linked resources

  • It is on the interior surface of the East surrounding wall of the Staircase...

  • It is on the interior surface of the East surrounding wall of the Staircase...

  • Beam hole for a secondary, longitudinal beam supporting the Staircase IA....

  • It is a beam hole for a transversal main beam of the staircase from ground ...

  • The hole is found in the stone base of the Staircase's IA East mudbrick wal...

  • Hole on a dressed ammouda stone. It resembles a mortise, although it is unc...

  • The hole resembles a mortise, albeit being found on a mud brick. It is not ...