Str272

Code name (Unique Key)

Str272

List of related timber evidence

Stone base with mortises

Location code

Space code

List of chronological phases

Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)

Position in the space

Palace, North Wing. Room LIV.

General dimensions of the saved part of the pier

0.46 (NE-SW) x 0.70 (NW-SE) x 1.15

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

Rubble masonry

Plaster or cladding on the wall

Unknown

Connection of the pier with surrounding structural units

Not recorded

State of preservation when excavated

Bad

Current state of preservation

Bad

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site

General description of the pier

Pier at the NE free end of the middle wall in Room LIV. It consists of three poros blocks on a lime stone base. On the upper surface of the upper poros block, a mortise is preserved for the adjustement of the timber part of the pier. Its current appearance is the result of restoration.

Media legend and metadata

Photo_Zak_Str272_001

Linked resources

  • On the upper surface of the poros-stone part of the pier at the NE end of t...