Tim437

Code name (Unique Key)

Tim437

Type of timber evidence

Chase in the wall

Location code

Space code

Structural unit code

Number of chases / cuvity

4

Position of the chase / cuvity in the structural unit

At intermediate position in the SW wall of Room XXIV

Position in the space

Palace, West Wing. The SW wall of Room XXIV

Chase or cuvity on

Rubble masonry

Shape of the chase / cuvity

Rectangular

Orientation of the chase / cuvity

Horizontal transversal

Distance of the chase / cuvity from the floor/ground level

0.46 m. from the ground level in Room XXVI

Preserved height

Not measurable due to restoration

Preserved length

0.53 (NE-SW) as preserved/restored

Preserved width

0.15 (NW-SE) as preserved/restored

General description of the chase / cuvity

Horizontal transeversal timber element in the SW wall of Room XXIV, connecting the vertical timber elements of the timber reinforcement system at both sides of the wall. It is at intermediate position in the wall at a height of 0.46 m. from the ground level in Room XXVI. More specifically, it is located 0.80 m. from the horizontal transversal chase of the timber reinforcement system to the SE and 0.90 m. from the horizontal transversal chase of the timber reinforcement system to the NW. The wall is of rubble masonry with mud-brick cladding on the SW side of the wall from the ground-level up. This structural unit was presumably connected on a higher level to the vertical reinforcement system at the NW wall of Room XXIV, as well as to the door-frame of the entrance to Room XXV. Its appearance is the result of restoration.

Media legend and metadata

Photo_Zak_Tim437_001
Photo_Zak_Tim437_002

Bibliography

Platon, Nikolaos. 1963. «Ανασκαφαί Ζάκρου», Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, 160-188 (at pp. 177, 171: fig. 3).

Platon, Nikolaos. 1974. Ζάκρος. Το Νέον Μινωικόν Ανάκτορον, Athens (at pp. 111-113).

Excavation notebook 1963, 97.

Excavation notebook 1964, pp. 155-156, 163, 176, 211.