Str135

Code name (Unique Key)

Str135

Location code

Building A at Malia

General description of the space

It is a triple door-frame. Treuil and Schmid (2017) propose the presence of a timber frame comprising two vertical timbers (instead of four) separating the openings.

Bibliography

Architecture minoenne à Malia : les bâtiments principaux du Quartier Mu (A, B, D, E) (Minoen Moyen II) : fouilles exécutées à Malia : le quartier Mu VI

Type of structural unit

Door frame

List of related timber evidence

Chase in a wall

Imprint on mud-brick / clay / plaster / ash

Space

Spa82

Spa84

Phase

Old Palace Period (1900-1700)

Position in the space

Forming the boundary between Space I 11 and Space I 12.

General dimensions of the structural units

~ (2.10 x 0.40) m

Type of door (architectural)

Interior door

Type of door (structural)

3d load bearing timber frame

Type of door jamb bases

Timber

Presence of threshold

Yes

Type of threshold (architectural)

Wooden board

Position of vertical timbers at each jamb pier of the timber frame of the door

At the edges.

Number of vertical timbers at each jamb pier of the timber frame of the door

Two (2).

State of preservation when excavated

Missing/disappeared

Current state of preservation