Spa264

Code name (Unique Key)

Spa264

Name of the space

Space XXV

Location code

Function of the space

Storeroom

Architectural features

Cists

General description of the space

Room XXV, located in the southern part of the West Wing of the palace, was accessible via Room XXVI. It is a rectangular room measuring approximately 3,00 x 4,00 m. Along its walls there are nine mudbrick cists covered with plaster that were used to store ritual vessels and symbols. Room XXV was identified by the excavator as the "Treasury" of the palatial "Sactuary" (Room XXIII).

Media legend and metadata

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Bibliography

Platon, Nikolaos. 1963. «Ανασκαφαί Ζάκρου», Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, 160-188 (at 177-179, 171: fig. 3).

Platon, Nikolaos. 1964. «Ανασκαφαί Ζάκρου», Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, 142-168 (at pp. 144, plate A).

Platon, Nikolaos. 1974. Ζάκρος. Το Νέον Μινωικόν Ανάκτορον, Athens (at pp. 114-117).

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