Str277
Code name (Unique Key)
Str277
Type of structural unit
Polythyron, pier-and-door partition / cupboard partition
List of related timber evidence
Stone base without mortises
Location code
Space code
List of chronological phases
Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)
Position in the space
Palace, Eastern Wing. Room XXXVII
General dimensions of the saved part of the polythyron
4.40 (NW-SE) x 1.10 (NE-SW) x 0.22 from the ground level
Type of bases
Stone
Number of openings
4
Shape of bases
Irregular (unshaped)
Type of threshold
Other (to be specified in the 'General description' cell)
Shape of the threshold
Only the substrate of the threshold is preserved
Distance between pier bases
The NW pier is 0.80 m. from the end of the wall to the NW. The SE preserved pier is 1.85 m. from the end of the wall to the SE. The distance between the two preserved stone bases is 0.40 m.
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
Pier and door partition at the NE part of Room XXXVII, leading to Room XXXVI. It is consisted of four openings, i.e. of three piers between walls. The two stone bases of the NW and the middle pier are preserved in situ. No remains of the timber elements of the piers are preserved.
Media legend and metadata
Photo_Zak_Str277_001
Bibliography
Platon, Nikolaos. 1974. Ζάκρος. Το Νέον Μινωικόν Ανάκτορον, Athens (at pp. 164).
