Str223
Code name (Unique Key)
Str223
Type of structural unit
Door frame
List of related timber evidence
Imprint on mud-brick / clay / plaster / ash
Location code
List of chronological phases
Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)
Position in the space
Palace, West Wing. The door-opening between Rooms IX and X
General dimensions of the saved part of the door frame
Length of the door-opening as preserved: 0.90
Type of door (architectural)
Staircase door
Number of door leafs
Unknown
Type of door jamb bases
Unknown
Presence of threshold
No
Presence of transversal horizontal timber on the stone base
Unknown
Presence of transversal horizontal timber at other position of the timber frame of the door (intermediate, lintel levels)
Unknown
Position of vertical timbers at each jamb pier of the timber frame of the door
Not preserved
Number of vertical timbers at each jamb pier of the timber frame of the door
Not preserved
Number of horizontal timbers of the lintel
Not preserved
Type of lintel
Unknown
Type of infill between vertical timbers
Unknown
Type of masonry of the wall
Mud-brick wall with rubble masonry base
Plaster on the door
Unknown
Presence of plaster on the wall
Yes
Description of the connection of the door frame with the wall
The offsets associated with the insertion of the timber frame of the door are preserved
State of preservation when excavated
Missing/disappeared
Current state of preservation
Missing/disappeared
Type of destruction
Fire
Method of documentation
Bibliographical
On site
General description of the door frame
The timber frame of the door is not preserved. In the excavation report of 1962, the existence of a timber door-frame was assumed based on the preserved offsets for the adjustment of the door on the mudbrick jambs.
Media legend and metadata
Photo_Zak_Str223_001
Bibliography
Platon, Nikolaos. 1962. «Ανασκαφή Ζάκρου», Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, 142-168 (at pp. 155-156).
