Str241
Code name (Unique Key)
Str241
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. Room XXIV
General dimensions of the saved part of the vertical timber reinforcement system
2.28 x 0.50
Preserved height
Ranging as preserved
Number of vertical timber pairs
1
Distance of vertical timber elements / pairs (between and from the ends of the wall)
Ah the end of the wall
Presence of stone bases for the vertical timbers
Yes
Presence of transversal horizontal timber on the stone base
Unknown
Presence of other transversal horizontal timber along the height of the wall
Unknown
Type of masonry of the wall
Rubble masonry
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 preserved
Connection of the vertical timber reinforcement system with surrounding structural units (walls, floor above, polythyra, etc.)
Possible connection with the timber free column at the SW end of the wall ("balustrade")
State of preservation when excavated
Good
Current state of preservation
Partly restored
Method of documentation
On site
Type of destruction
Fire
Media legend and metadata
Photo_Zak_Str241_001
Bibliography
In Room XXIV (Lustral Basin), next to the the descending stairway (to the NW), there is a partition wall described by the excavator as a "balustrade". It is of rubble masonry up to the height that it is preserved. At the SW end of the "balustrade", a square high base of a timber column has been restored. The current appearance of the wall is the result of restoration.
