Str236

Code name (Unique Key)

Str236

Type of structural unit

pier at the free end of the wall

List of related timber evidence

Chase in a wall

Location code

Palace at Zakros

Space code

Spa258

List of chronological phases

Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)

Position in the space

Palace, West Wing. At the SW end of the SE wall of Room XIV

Preserved height

0.80

Position in the wall

At the free end of the wall

Is the pier part of a colonnade?

No

Type of masonry of the wall

Mud-brick wall with rubble masonry base

Plaster or cladding on the wall

Unknown

Connection of the pier with surrounding structural units

Possible connection with the door-frame of the NE entrance to Room XXIII and with the door-frame of the opening at the SE wall of Room XVI (leading to the SE to the corridor NE of Room XXIII)

State of preservation when excavated

Bad

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site

General description of the pier

At the SW end of the SE wall of Room XIV (corridor), there is a mud-brick pier-like vertical structural element preserving two vertical timber impints. It is based (at least partly) on a stone slab. Its appearance is the result of restoration.

Media legend and metadata

Photo_Zak_Str236_001
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Linked resources

  • Tim417

    Vertical timber element at the western corner of the mud-brick pier-like st...

  • Tim418

    Vertical timber element on the NW side of the mud-brick pier-like structura...