Southwestern Building at Pylos

Code name (Unique Key)

Loc32

Site

Pylos

Area

Palace at Pylos

Building

Southwestern Building at Pylos

General type of building

Elite building

General functions of the building

Other

General description of the location

The southwestern Building primarily served a ceremonial and dining function with service areas.

Bibliography

The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in western Messenia

Linked resources

  • Spa384

    Hall 64 served as the formal entrance into Hall 65; both were probably used...

  • Str1021

    Northeast facade of Hall 64; one course of ashlar preserved with mortises a...

  • Tim631

    All faces chiseled flat and then ground smooth....

  • Tim632

    All ashlar faces chiseled flat and then ground smooth....

  • Tim633

    All faces of the anta were chiseled flat and then ground smooth...

  • Str1022

  • Str1029

    Imprint of column in plaster floor....

  • Tim653

    Imprint of column in plaster floor...

  • Spa392

    Large room with four columns...

  • Str1030

    North column base, cut from a single block of stone...

  • Tim654

    Circular column...

  • Spa395

    Southwest ashlar facade of the LHIII phase of the Southwestern Building...

  • Str1037

  • Str1038

    Two courses of ashlar masonry with three mortises on the top faces of the b...

  • Tim667

    Top face chiseled flat and then ground smooth...

  • Tim666

    two preserved courses of ashlar with two mortises on the upper faces of two...