Str156
Code name (Unique Key)
Str156
Location code
General description of the space
It is more of a post than a pier. It rested on a roughly worked limestone base.
Type of structural unit
Pier inside a wall
List of related timber evidence
Chase in a wall
Stone base without mortises
Phase
Old Palace Period (1900-1700)
Position in the space
Within the masonry of the wall between Space I10 and Space III 15. The pier is placed between the two phases of the wall, that is between the ashlar course and the mudbrick one. Yet it seems that in the exact spot where the pier was placed, it was visible. Its position was carved in the space between two adjacent ashlar sandstones, mid - length along both Spaces I10 and III15.
General dimensions of the structural units
Diameter = about 0.10m.
Position in the wall
At intermediate position in the wall
Is the pier part of a colonnade?
Unknown
Type of masonry
Ashlar
Mud-brick wall with rubble masonry base
Plaster or cladding on the wall
Plaster
Description of the connection of the structural unit with other structural units
The pier is placed within the masonry, namely, within the two courses forming the different architectural phases of this wall. Moreover, it is placed at the East edge of what seems like an opening on the ashlar masonry - yet, is it not clear what the shape and function of that opening may have been. The post may have been part of a larger structure comprising a similar post placed within the same masonry, at the west edge of the alleged opening; also, a a pier of similar dimensions right opposite, at the end of the partition wall forming the West end of Space III 15.
State of preservation when excavated
Missing/disappeared
Current state of preservation
Missing/disappeared
Type of destruction
Fire
Method of documentation
On site
