Str235
Code name (Unique Key)
Str235
Type of structural unit
Vertical timber reinforcement system of masonry
List of related timber evidence
Chase in a wall
Location code
Space code
List of chronological phases
Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)
Position in the space
Palace, West Wing, the wall between Rooms XXIII and XXIV
General dimensions of the saved part of the vertical timber reinforcement system
2.00 x 0.38 x 0.82
Number of vertical timber pairs
2
Distance of vertical timber elements / pairs (between and from the ends of the wall)
0.26 m. to the SW of the mud-brick pier at the NE end of the SE wall of Room XXIII
Presence of stone bases for the vertical timbers
Unknown
Presence of transversal horizontal timber on the stone base
Unknown
Presence of other transversal horizontal timber along the height of the wall
Unknown
Distance of transversal horizontal timber along the height of the wall from the ground
Unknown
Presence of second longitudinal horizontal timber (level of lintels of skylights)
Unknown
Type of masonry of the wall
Mud-brick
Type of infill of the timber pair (transversally)
Same as masonry
Plaster or cladding on the wall
Plaster
Connection of the vertical timber reinforcement system with surrounding structural units (walls, floor above, polythyra, etc.)
Connected to the vertical timber reinforcement on the SE side of the wall (facing Room XXIV)
State of preservation when excavated
Medium
Current state of preservation
Partly restored
Method of documentation
On site
Type of destruction
Fire
General description of the vertical timber reinforcement system
A vertical timber reinforcement system has been restored on both sides of the mud-brick wall (from the ground level up) between Rooms XXIII and XXIV. The sequence of the vertical timber elements on the NW side of the wall is not very clear due to the restoration works.
Media legend and metadata
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