House of Sphinxes at Mycenae

Code name (Unique Key)

Loc36

Site

Mycenae

Area

Lower city at Mycenae

Building

House of Sphinxes at Mycenae

General type of building

Other

General functions of the building

Storage
Craftsmanship

General description of the location

A large basement building with at least one upper floor built to the south of the House of the Oil Merchant.It consisted of rooms on either side of a N-S corridor and a vestibule area to the south.

Media legend and metadata

Pl_Myc_Loc36_001

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  • In the existing lower part of the south wall , 2.23 m. above the floor leve...

  • A layer of a very burnt earth 0.05m thick was observed over the rock surfac...

  • A layer of very burnt earth,0.05m thick was observed over the rock surface ...

  • A small rectangular area entered from the corridor through a doorway 1.20m ...

  • The exact staircases are missing.The possible presence of them is related t...

  • There are no inprints or other timber elements preserved from these stairca...

  • Traces of five transverse beam settings were recorded on the top of the exi...