Str349
Code name (Unique Key)
Str349
Type of structural unit
Vertical timber reinforcement system of masonry
List of related timber evidence
Chase in a wall
Location code
Space code
List of chronological phases
Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)
Position in the space
The SW arcitectural addition to the palatial complex. Room XVII.
General dimensions of the saved part of the vertical timber reinforcement system
Dimensions of the L-planed wall:
Part on the NE-SW axis: 2.00 x 0.50 x 0.63
Part on the NW-SE axis: 1.30 x 0.52 x 0.80
Part on the NE-SW axis: 2.00 x 0.50 x 0.63
Part on the NW-SE axis: 1.30 x 0.52 x 0.80
Distance of vertical timber elements / pairs (between and from the ends of the wall)
The vertical timber element is at the external corner of the wall.
Presence of stone bases for the vertical timbers
Yes
Presence of transversal horizontal timber on the stone base
No
Type of masonry of the wall
Rubble masonry
Type of infill of the timber pair (transversally)
Same as masonry
Connection of the vertical timber reinforcement system with surrounding structural units (walls, floor above, polythyra, etc.)
Possible connection with the vertical timber elements of the polythyron in Room XIX.
State of preservation when excavated
Very bad
Current state of preservation
Very bad
Method of documentation
On site
Type of destruction
Fire
General description of the vertical timber reinforcement system
At the external corner of the L-planed, there is a chase of a vertcal timber element based on a lime-stone. It has been assumed that was part of a vertical reinforcement system of the wall. No other evidence of timber elements is preserved on this wall. The current appearance of the wall is the result of restoration.
Media legend and metadata
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