Str149

Code name (Unique Key)

Str149

Location code

Building A at Malia

General description of the space

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

Type of structural unit

Free-standing column

List of related timber evidence

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

Space

Spa75

Phase

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 structural units

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

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

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

Linked resources

  • Tim265

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