The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in western Messenia

Title

The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in western Messenia

Creator

Carl W. Blegen

Contributor

University of Cincinnati
Marion Rawson
Mabel L. Lang

Subject

Antiquities
Palace of Nestor (Pylos, Greece)
Palaces
Palais de Nestor (Pylos, Grèce)
Pylos (Greece)

Publisher

Princeton, N.J
Published for the University of Cincinnati by Princeton University Press

Date

1966

Language

eng

Linked resources

  • Southeast wall of Room 3; ashlar wall with mortises and beddings...

  • Stairway with three steps preserved...

  • Northeast wall of Room 16 with horizontal and vertical chases...

  • Horizontal chase in southwest face of wall...

  • Circular imprint in plaster floor...

  • Stone base; impression of wooden column in surrounding plaster floor...

  • Imprint of column in plaster floor...

  • Large room with four columns...

  • North column base, cut from a single block of stone...

  • Circular column...

  • Freestanding building northeast of the Main Building...

  • Room associated with the small altar in court 92...

  • Staircase to second floor of the Main Building...

  • Anta partially concealed later walls; original construction is unknown...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then polished smooth...

  • Anta block concealed by later walls; original construction unknown...

  • Room with plastered floor and walls...

  • Circular imprint in plaster floor...

  • Circular imprint in plaster floor of Room 6...

  • Circular imprint in plaster floor...

  • Four chases ; each span the thickness of the wall...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then polished smooth...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then ground smooth...

  • All faces chiseled flat and then ground smooth...