Str227

Code name (Unique Key)

Str227

Type of structural unit

Door frame

List of related timber evidence

Imprint on mud-brick / clay / plaster / ash

Location code

Palace at Zakros

Space code

Spa260

List of chronological phases

Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)

Position in the space

Between Room XVI and the corridor north of Room XXIII

Type of door (architectural)

Interior door

Number of door leafs

Unknown

Type of door jamb bases

Stone

Shape of the door jamb bases

Rectangular

Presence of threshold

No

Type of threshold (architectural)

Unknown

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

SW jamb: Three vertical timbers, one on each corner and another between them.
NE jamb: One vertical timber at the west corner of the pier.

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

SW jamb pier: 3
NE jamb pier: 1

Type of lintel

Unknown

Type of infill between vertical timbers

Mud-bricks
Rubble masonry

Type of masonry of the wall

Rubble masonry

Plaster on the door

Unknown

Presence of plaster on the wall

Unknown

Description of the connection of the door frame with the wall

Adjusted to the mud-brick jamb pier

State of preservation when excavated

Medium

Current state of preservation

Partly restored

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site

General description of the door frame

The current appearance of the three preserved vertical imprints of the door-frame on the SW jamb of the door, as well as the vertical imprint at the west corner of the NE door-jamb, is the result of restoration work.

Media legend and metadata

Photo_Zak_Str227_001
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Linked resources

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  • Tim391

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  • Tim392

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