Str122

Code name (Unique Key)

Str122

Location code

Type of structural unit

Staircases

List of related timber evidence

Chase in a wall

Space

Phase

Old Palace Period (1900-1700)

Type of staircase

Other (to be specified in 'General description' cell)

Existence of landing

Yes

Dimensions of the steps

Accordting to Treuil and Schmid (2017, p. 160), the dimensions of the steps are varied.
First step: 1.01 x 0.30 x 0.242 - 0.30
Second step: 1.01 x 0.32 - 0.34 x 0.145 - 0.152
Third step: Landing
Fourth step: 0.94 x 0.46 x 0.145
Fifth - Ninth step: 0.92 x 0.345 x 0.148

Steps and pavement of landing

Mud-brick
Plaster

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

Yes

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

Unknown

Type of masonry

Mud-brick wall with rubble masonry base

Presence of stone piers at the end of the string wall

Yes

Type of masonry of the walls around the staircase

Mud-brick

Plaster or cladding on the wall

Plaster

State of preservation when excavated

Bad

Current state of preservation

Partly restored

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site
Bibliographical

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