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

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  • 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...

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

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

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

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

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

  • All faces of the anta were chiseled flat and then ground smooth...

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

  • All surfaces chiseled flat and ground smooth...

  • All surfaces chiseled and ground smooth and flat...

  • Front face chiseled flat and then ground smooth; all joint faces chiseled...

  • On course of ashlar preserved with mortises on the upper surface of each bl...