Tim383

Code name (Unique Key)

Tim383

Type of timber evidence

Other timber evidence

Location code

Space code

Structural unit code

Number of timber elements

Unknown, not preserved

Position of the timber element in the structural unit

Steps of the second flight of the staircase on the NW-SE axis

Position in the space

Palace, West Wing. The stairway was accessible from Room XI.

General description of the timber element

The two first steps of the Staircase X were of stone. The steps of the 2nd flight (on the NW-SE axis) have not been found, leading to the assumption that the stairway was continued up in wood.

Media legend and metadata

Photo_Zak_Tim383_001

Bibliography

Platon, Nikolaos. 1962. «Ανασκαφή Ζάκρου», Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, 142-168 (at pp. 155-156).

Platon, Nikolaos. 1964. «Ανασκαφαί Ζάκρου», Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, 144).

Platon, Nikolaos. 1974. Ζάκρος. Το Νέον Μινωικόν Ανάκτορον, Athens (at pp. 95-96).

Shaw, Joseph W. 2009. Minoan Architecture: Materials and Techniques, Studi di Archeologia Cretese 7, Padova: Centro di Archeologia Cretese and Bottega D'Erasmo (at pp. 95).