Str228
Code name (Unique Key)
Str228
Type of structural unit
Partition wall with timber frame
List of related timber evidence
Chase in a wall
Location code
List of chronological phases
Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)
Position in the space
The wall between Room XVI and Room XXII in the West Wing of the palace
Number of vertical timber pairs
4 includings the pairs at both ends of the wall
Distance of vertical timber elements / pairs (between and from the ends of the wall)
At the SW side of the wall:
From the far SE offset of the wall to the 1st imprint to the NW: 0.64
From the 1st imprint to the 2nd to NW: 0.68
From the 2nd to the far NW imprint (at the NW end of the wall): 0.64
The existence of vertical timber elements on the NE side of the wall has been assumed at corresponding positions.
From the far SE offset of the wall to the 1st imprint to the NW: 0.64
From the 1st imprint to the 2nd to NW: 0.68
From the 2nd to the far NW imprint (at the NW end of the wall): 0.64
The existence of vertical timber elements on the NE side of the wall has been assumed at corresponding positions.
Width of the wall
0.43
Number of vertical timbers
8 on both faces of the wall: 4 on the NE face of the wall and 4 on the SW face of the wall.
Position of vertical timbers
From end to end of the wall.
Presence of plaster on the wall
Unknown
Connection of the partition wall with other walls
Connection of the SW wall of Room XVI with the SE wall of the same room. Also related with the door opening from Room XXII to the small space to the SW of Room XXIII.
General dimensions of the partition wall
2.40 x 0.43
General dimensions of the saved part of the partition wall
2.40 x 0.43 x 0.80
Preserved height
0.80 from the stone base of the timber frame of the wall
State of preservation when excavated
Medium
Current state of preservation
Partly restored
Type of destruction
Fire
Method of documentation
Bibliographical
On site
Description of the partition wall
The SW wall of Room XVI consists a mud-brick wall partition reinforced with a timber frame from one end to the other. At the NE side of the wall three niches are formed with possible shelves for keeping admimistrative documents. The current appearance of the preserved vertical timber elements on both sides of the wall is the result of restoration work.
Media legend and metadata
Photo_Zak_Str228_001
Photo_Zak_Str228_002
Photo_Zak_Str228_002
Bibliography
Platon, Nikolaos. 1963. «Ανασκαφαί Ζάκρου», Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, 160-188 (at 177-178).
Platon, Nikolaos. 1974. Ζάκρος. Το Νέον Μινωικόν Ανάκτορον, Athens (at pp. 88-90).
Excavation notebook 1963, pp. 24, 35, 49, 61.
Platon, Nikolaos. 1974. Ζάκρος. Το Νέον Μινωικόν Ανάκτορον, Athens (at pp. 88-90).
Excavation notebook 1963, pp. 24, 35, 49, 61.
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