Str248

Code name (Unique Key)

Str248

Type of structural unit

Free-standing pier

List of related timber evidence

Imprint on mud-brick / clay / plaster / ash

Location code

Palace at Zakros

Space code

Spa267
Spa263
Spa259

List of chronological phases

Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)

Position in the space

Palace, West Wing. Between Rooms XXVIII, XXIV and XV.

General dimensions of the saved part of the free-standing pier

1.13 (NE-SW) x 0.91 (NW-SE) x 0.85 (height) as preserved/restored

Connection of the free-standing pier with surrounding structural units

Connected with the door-opening to the SW, to the grand-opening to the NE and with the L-planned colonnade in the Ceremonial Hall (Room XXVIII) exactly opposite the lightwell at the northern part of the room.

State of preservation when excavated

Medium

Current state of preservation

Partly restored

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site
Bibliographical

General description of the free-standing pier

Free-standing pier framed with vertical timber elements that have been restored. It is located between Rooms XXVIII, XXIV and XV. To the NE and SW of it, there are a grand-opening and a door-opening respectively facilitating the circulation to and from the Ceremonial Hall (Room XXVIII) in the West Wing of the palace. In total, five vertical timber elements are preserved (one at each corner of the pier and one at the SE side). Another imprint at the SW side of the pier, in from of a plank, measuring 0.07 (NW-SE) x 0.021 (NE-SW) x 0.85 m., has been restored but this has not been recorded in the excavation reports and notebooks nor is captured in the general plan of the palace (published in 1974). The current appearance of the pier is the result of restoration.

Media legend and metadata

Photo_Zak_Str248_001
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Bibliography

Platon, Nikolaos. 1964. «Ανασκαφαί Ζάκρου», Πρακτικά της Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας, 142-168 (at pp. 149-150).

Excavation notebook 1963, 97.

Excavation notebook 1964, 178-179.

Linked resources

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  • Tim454

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  • Tim455

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