Str149

Code name (Unique Key)

Str149

Type of structural unit

Free-standing column

List of related timber evidence

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

Location code

Building A at Malia

Space code

Space I 4

List of chronological phases

Old Palace Period (1900-1700)

Position in the space

Adjacent to the South wall of Space I4, right before the first step of Staircase I C

General dimensions of the free-standing column

Height = about 1.30 (with capital)
Lower diameter = 0.15
Upper diameter = 0.20
(after Treuil & Schmid, 2017).

Connection of the free-standing column with surrounding structural units (walls, beams above, floor above, etc.)

The column was bearing one of the main beams of the above floor

State of preservation when excavated

Missing/disappeared

Current state of preservation

Missing/disappeared

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site
Bibliographical

General description of the structural unit

The column was resting on a rectangular (mudbrick) pedestal, bearing a rectangular chase which indicates the position of a wooden plank

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

Function of the space

Undetermined

Linked resources

  • Tim265

    Rectangular built base with a rectangular chase in the middle...