Str256

Code name (Unique Key)

Str256

Type of structural unit

Window frame

List of related timber evidence

Ashlar course with mortises / bedding

Location code

Space code

List of chronological phases

Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)

Position in the space

The wall between Rooms XXVIII-XXIX and the Central Court of the palace.

General dimensions of the window frame

Not preserved

Type of window (architectural)

Other exterior window

Presence of longitudinal horizontal timbers at the sill level

Unknown

Type of masonry

Ashlar

Presence of plaster on the wall

Unknown

State of preservation when excavated

Medium

Current state of preservation

Medium

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site

Description of the window frame

On upper side of the 2nd course of ashlar there are mortises. Based on these finds, the excavator suggested the existence of "double windows" along the SE wall of Rooms XXVIII and XXIX, facing the Central Court, providing light and air to these rooms.

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