Str273

Code name (Unique Key)

Str273

Type of structural unit

Partition wall with timber frame

List of related timber evidence

Chase in a wall

Location code

Palace at Zakros

Space code

Spa336

List of chronological phases

Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)

Position in the space

Palace, North Wing. Room XXXII.

Number of vertical timber pairs

2

Distance of vertical timber elements / pairs (between and from the ends of the wall)

The 1st (SW) timber element is approx. 2.15 m. from the SW end of the wall. The 2nd (NE) timber element is approx. 3.50 m. from the NE end of the wall.

Width of the wall

Approx. 0.60 m.

Number of vertical timbers

2

Position of vertical timbers

At the SE side of the part of the NW wall of Room XXXII that corresponds to Room VI. Possible vertical timber pairs (on both sides of this part of the wall) according to the restoration work and the general plan of the palace (1974).

Type of masonry infill between timbers

Mud-bricks set flat

Presence of plaster on the wall

Unknown

Connection of the partition wall with other walls

It is part of the NW wall of Room XXXII.

General dimensions of the saved part of the partition wall

Dimension of the part of the wall with the timber frame: 1.10 x 0.36 x 0.42 m. (the width of Room XVI to which corresponds the part of the wall is 1.40 m. on the NE-SW axis)
Dimensions of the NW wall of Room XXXII: Approx. 6.85 x 0.60 m.

State of preservation when excavated

Bad

Current state of preservation

Partly restored

Method of documentation

On site

Description of the partition wall

The part of the NW wall of Room XXXII that corresponds to Room VI is of mud-brick on a rubble stone base. The rest of the wall is of rubble stone at its preserved height. At both ends of this part of the wall (corresponing to Room VI), a vertical chase has been restored indicating the place of a vertical timber element/system. No chase is preserved at the other side of the wall (facing Room VI). The current appearance is the result of restoration.

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