Tim535

Code name (Unique Key)

Tim535

Type of timber evidence

Stone base without mortises / bedding

Location code

Palace at Zakros

Space code

Spa344

Structural unit code

Str279

Number of bases

Three (3) preserved

Position of the base in the structural unit

At intermediate position in the structural unit. On the same imaginary NW-SE axis with the grand polythyron in Room XXXVII.

Position in the space

Palace, Eastern Wing. Room LXII.

Shape of the base

Irregular (unshaped)

Dimensions of the base

0.70 (NE-SW) x 0.95 (NW-SE) x 0.14 from the ground level (foundation of the base)

Position of the stone base

On the floor

If on the floor, method of setting / fitting in/on the floor

In the floor

Presence of foundation

Yes

Type of base

Roughly dressed stone

Type of stone

Sandstone

General description of the base

Roughly dressed stone that has been recorded as the foundation of the stone base of a pier of the pier and door partition at the SE side of Room LXII. It is 1.45 m. from the stone foundation of the pier to the NE and 4.85 m. from the SW end of the structural unit (polythyron). The current appearance is the result of restoration, focusing mainly to the openings at both sides of the pier.

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