Spa278

Code name (Unique Key)

Spa278

Name of the space

Space XVIII

Location code

Palace at Zakros

Architectural features

Partition wall
Pier-and-door

General description of the space

Room XVIII is located in NE part of the so-called "SW Expansion" of the palace (Rooms XVII-XXI). It is an enlogated room with plastered floor, accesible from Room XIX from which it was separated by a partition wall. A drainage system was uncovered along the NE wall of the room which consists part of the NE facade of the "SW Expansion".

Media legend and metadata

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Bibliography

Platon, Nikolaos. 1962. «Ανασκαφή Ζάκρου», Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, 142-168 (at pp. 163-164, plate Γ).

Platon, Nikolaos. 1963. «Ανασκαφαί Ζάκρου», Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, 160-188 (at 186-187, 171: fig. 3).

Platon, Nikolaos. 1964. «Ανασκαφαί Ζάκρου», Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, 142-168 (at pp. 145-146, plate A).

Platon, Nikolaos. 1966. «Ανασκαφαί Ζάκρου», Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, 139-173 (at pp. 141, plate A).

Platon, Nikolaos. 1974. Ζάκρος. Το Νέον Μινωικόν Ανάκτορον, Athens (at pp. 88-90).

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