Str269
Code name (Unique Key)
Str269
Type of structural unit
Staircases
List of related timber evidence
Other (to be specified in the cell 'General description')
Location code
Space code
List of chronological phases
Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)
Type of staircase
U-
Position in the space
Palace, North Wing. Room LII
General dimensions of the saved part of the staircases
4.50 (NE-SW) x 2.60 (NW-SE) x 0.90 from the floor level of the portico (Room XXXIV)
Existence of landing
Yes
Height of each flight of stairs
Unknown
Dimensions of the steps
Not preserved
Steps and pavement of landing
Other (to be specified in the 'General description' cell)
Type of masonry of the stringwall
Mud-brick wall with rubble masonry base
Presence of vertical timber reinforcements of the string wall
Unknown
Stringwall: presence of stone bases at the end of the stringwall
No
Stringwall: general dimensions of the stringwall
3.60 (NE-SW) x 0.45 (NW-SE) x 0.67 m. from the ground level
Type of masonry of the walls around the staircase
Mud-brick wall with rubble masonry base
Plaster or cladding on the wall
Unknown
Connection of the staircase with the surrounding walls
Not recorded
State of preservation when excavated
Bad
Current state of preservation
Partly restored
Type of destruction
Fire
Method of documentation
On site
Media legend and metadata
Photo_Zak_Str269_001
Photo_Zak_Str269_002
Photo_Zak_Str269_002
General description of the staircases
U-shaped room accessible from the NE portico of the Central Court that has been identified as a staircase with wooden steps, since no stone steps were found. The dimensions of the first flight (SE) are 4.60 x 1.13 m. and the dimensions of the second flight are 3.50 x 1.07 m. There is no separate entrance to the second flight, hence it is doubtful whether it functioned as a sotto-scala. No imprints of vertical timber reinforcements were recorded at the walls of the rooms. The current appearance is the result of restoration.