Str237
Code name (Unique Key)
Str237
Type of structural unit
Vertical timber reinforcement system of masonry
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
Palace, West Wing. The corridor on the axis NW-SE to the NE of Room XXIV (the corridor between Rooms XV and XXIV)
General dimensions of the saved part of the vertical timber reinforcement system
1.47 x 0.62 (the SE part of the wall corresponding to the SW border of Room XV without the staircase)
Number of vertical timber pairs
1
Distance of vertical timber elements / pairs (between and from the ends of the wall)
1.58 m. from the NW end of the wall
Presence of stone bases for the vertical timbers
No
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
Unknown
Presence of plaster or coating
No coating is recorded
Connection of the vertical timber reinforcement system with surrounding structural units (walls, floor above, polythyra, etc.)
The far NW imprint/chase was probably connected on a higher level with the opposite vertical timber element of the mud-brick "pier" at the NE end of the SE wall of Room XXIII.
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
Three chases are preserved/ have been restored on the SW side of the NE mud-brick wall of the corridor NE of Room XXIV. The far NW chase is exactly opposite of the mud-brick "pier" at the NE end of the SE wall of Room XXIII and the far SE chase is next (to the NW) to the SE end ("pier") of the wall. The chase between the two is part of a vertical timber pair facing both sides of the wall. The current appearance is the result of restoration.
Media legend and metadata
Photo_Zak_Str237_001
Linked resources
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