Str232

Code name (Unique Key)

Str232

Type of structural unit

Partition wall with timber frame

List of related timber evidence

Chase in a wall

Location code

Palace at Zakros

Space code

Space XXIII

List of chronological phases

Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)

Position in the space

Palace, West Wing. The wall between Room XXIII and the space (corridor) to the SW of it.

Number of vertical timber pairs

2

Distance of vertical timber elements / pairs (between and from the ends of the wall)

0.36 on the axis NE-SW
0.70 on the axis NW-SE

Width of the wall

0.50

Number of vertical timbers

4

Position of vertical timbers

At each corner of the structure

Position of horizontal timbers

Not preserved

Type of masonry infill between timbers

Mud-bricks set on edge

Presence of plaster on the wall

Yes

Connection of the partition wall with other walls

It is connected (transversally) with the NW wall of Room XXIV

General dimensions of the partition wall

0.92 (NW-SE) x 0.50 (NE-SW)

Preserved length

0.92

Preserved width

0.50

State of preservation when excavated

Bad

Current state of preservation

Partly restored

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site

Description of the partition wall

The SW partition wall of Room XXIII, separating this room from the space (corridor) to the SW, is formed by a bench with a mud-brick backrest and supported by a timber frame. The bench is constructed with rubble stones and mudbricks.

Media legend and metadata

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Linked resources

  • Tim404

    Vertical timber element, located at the western corner of the SW wall of Ro...

  • Tim405

    Vertical timber element, located at the northern corner of the SW wall of R...

  • Tim406

    Vertical timber element, located at the eastern corner of the SW wall of Ro...

  • Tim407

    Vertical timber element, located at the southern corner of the SW wall of R...