Str276

Code name (Unique Key)

Str276

Type of structural unit

Polythyron, pier-and-door partition / cupboard partition

List of related timber evidence

Stone base without mortises

Location code

Palace at Zakros

Space code

Spa342

List of chronological phases

Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)

Position in the space

Palace, Eastern Wing. Room XXXVI

General dimensions of the saved part of the polythyron

4.90 (NW-SE) x 0.94 (NE-SW) x 0.12

Type of bases

Stone

Number of openings

3

Shape of bases

Irregular (unshaped)

Type of threshold

Unknown

Distance between pier bases

0.80 m. from the first at the NW end of the polythyron to the stone base to the SE.

Connection of the polythyron with other structural units (walls, floor above, other polythyra, etc.)

Connected with the polythyron at the NW side of Room XXXVI (preserved at the ground level with dimensions 3.00 x 0.70) and the pier and window opening at the SE side of the main hall of Room XXXVI

State of preservation when excavated

Very bad

Current state of preservation

Very bad

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site
Bibliographical

General description of the structural unit

At the SW side of the main hall in Room XXXVI, there is polythyron with three openings. Only the foundation of the structural unit have been preserved, as well as the two pier bases at its NW part. This polythyron was one of the three at the NE, NW and SE sides of the main hall in Room XXXVI.

Media legend and metadata

Photo_Zak_Str276_001
Photo_Zak_Str276_002

Bibliography

Platon, Nikolaos. 1974. Ζάκρος. Το Νέον Μινωικόν Ανάκτορον, Athens (at pp. 164-166).