Str204

Code name (Unique Key)

Str204

Location code

Building A at Malia

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

Use-wear traces of door or window leaf on floor

Threshold

Space

Spa141

Phase

Old Palace Period (1900-1700)

Position in the space

On the West wall of Space III15, at the South-West corner.

General dimensions of the structural units

(1.65 x ?

Type of door (architectural)

Entrance door

Type of door (structural)

2d non load bearing timber frame (only for the bearing of the door leaf)

Number of door leafs

2

Presence of threshold

Yes

Type of threshold (architectural)

Wooden board

Type of threshold (structural)

Load bearing

Shape of the threshold

Rectangular.

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

On the East (interior) face of the wall.

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

One vertical timber on each jamb.
Treuil and Schmid (2017) propose the existence of three vertical timbers: the third one was in the middle of the door opening, supporting the two door leaves.

Number of horizontal timbers of the lintel

Treuil and Scmid (2017) propose four (4).

Type of lintel

Just horizontal timbers

State of preservation when excavated

Missing/disappeared

Current state of preservation