Str255

Code name (Unique Key)

Str255

List of related timber evidence

Imprint on mud-brick / clay / plaster / ash

Location code

Palace at Zakros

Space code

Spa267
Spa251

List of chronological phases

Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)

Position in the space

Palace, West Wing, At the free SE end of the wall between Rooms XXVIII and XXX, facing the Central Court

General dimensions of the saved part of the pier

1.92 (NE-SW) x 0.77 (NW-SE) x 0.774 as preserved/restored

Position in the wall

At the free end of the wall

Is the pier part of a colonnade?

No

Type of masonry of the wall

Mud-brick wall with rubble masonry base

Plaster or cladding on the wall

Unknown

Connection of the pier with surrounding structural units

Not obvious. Connection with the door frames of the openings leading from the Central Court to Rooms XXVIII and XXX respectively is assumed.

State of preservation when excavated

Bad

Current state of preservation

Partly restored

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site

General description of the pier

A mud-brick pier at the free SE end of the wall between Rooms XXVIII and XXX, facing the Central Court. It probably functioned also as a door jamb of the openings at both sides of it, leading from the Central Coult to Rooms XXVIII and XXX respectively. Its current appearance is the result of restoration.

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