Str278
Code name (Unique Key)
Str278
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
7.85 (NW-SE) x 0.78 (NE-SW) x 0.18 from the ground floor
Type of bases
Stone
Number of openings
4
Shape of bases
Irregular (unshaped)
Shape of the threshold
Only the substrate of the thresholds are preserved
Distance between pier bases
From the NW to SE:
From the NW pier at the NE end of the polythyron to the 1st stone base: 1.00 m.
From the 1st stone base to the 2nd: 0.70 m.
From the 2nd stone base to the 3rd: 0.60 m.
From the 3rd stone base to the 4th: 0.74 m.
From the 4th stone base to the pier at the SE end of the polythyron: 0.80 m.
From the NW pier at the NE end of the polythyron to the 1st stone base: 1.00 m.
From the 1st stone base to the 2nd: 0.70 m.
From the 2nd stone base to the 3rd: 0.60 m.
From the 3rd stone base to the 4th: 0.74 m.
From the 4th stone base to the pier at the SE end of the polythyron: 0.80 m.
Connection of the polythyron with other structural units (walls, floor above, other polythyra, etc.)
Connected to the double door-openings on both sides of the polythyron, i.e. on the NW and the SE wall of the room.
State of preservation when excavated
Bad
Current state of preservation
Bad
Type of destruction
Fire
Method of documentation
On site
Bibliographical
General description of the structural unit
Pier and door partition in Room XXXVII, leading to the lightwell at the SW part of the room. It is consisted of five openings, i.e. of four piers between grand piers at both ends of the structural unit. Only the stone bases of the polythyron and the substrate of the thresholds are preserved in situ. No remains of the timber elements of the piers are preserved. Its current appearance is the result of restoration work (between the stone bases).
Media legend and metadata
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Bibliography
Platon, Nikolaos. 1974. Ζάκρος. Το Νέον Μινωικόν Ανάκτορον, Athens (at pp. 164).
