Str238
Code name (Unique Key)
Str238
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. NE mud-brick wall of Room XXIV (facing the corridor between Rooms XXIV and XV).
General dimensions of the saved part of the vertical timber reinforcement system
Dimensions of the wall: 2.15 (NW-SE) x 0.50 (NE-SW) x 1.00 (max. height) as preserved/restored from the ground level
Distance of vertical timber elements / pairs (between and from the ends of the wall)
0.56 m. (to the NW) from the chase on the NE side of the pier at the SE end of the wall
Presence of stone bases for the vertical timbers
Yes
Presence of transversal horizontal timber on the stone base
No
Presence of other transversal horizontal timber along the height of the wall
Unknown
Presence of second longitudinal horizontal timber (level of lintels of skylights)
Unknown
Type of masonry of the wall
Other (to be specified in the 'General Description' cell)
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.)
Possible connection with the vertical timber on the NE side of the pier at the SE end of the wall.
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 chase is preserved/ has been restored on the NE side of the the NE mud-brick wall of Room XXIV (facing the corridor between Rooms XXIV and XV). The SW side of the wall (facing the inner of the Lustral Basin) has a stone cladding. The current appearance is the result of restoration.
Media legend and metadata
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