Str306

Code name (Unique Key)

Str306

Type of structural unit

Door frame

List of related timber evidence

Socket-pivot hole of door

Location code

Space code

List of chronological phases

Late Helladic III B2 (1250-1200)

Position in the space

Room 3, a nearly square room is the north room of the architectural unit Room 1-3 at the West Wing of West Building.It has a narrower opening than the entrance of the architectural unit Room 1-3 (Str304).

General dimensions of the saved part of the door frame

The opening of the doorway was 1.30-1.35 but the width of the door would be 1.00-1.05 accoding to the position of the exact pivot hole that was found (Tim 597).

Type of door (architectural)

Entrance door

Number of door leafs

1

Type of door jamb bases

Timber

Presence of threshold

No

Type of masonry of the wall

Mud-brick

Presence of plaster on the wall

Yes

Description of the connection of the door frame with the wall

A socket was built for the attachment of the doorjamb inside the west face of the rectangular pier-like structure at the south end of the east wall of the room.

State of preservation when excavated

Medium

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

Bibliographical

General description of the door frame

The doorjambs and the door itself was made of wood carbonized fragments carbonized fragments of which were discovered in situ in the pivot hole.

Media legend and metadata

Plan_Myc_Str306_001
Str_Myc_Str304_Str306_001

Linked resources

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