Str350

Code name (Unique Key)

Str350

Type of structural unit

Staircases

List of related timber evidence

Other (to be specified in the cell 'General description')

Location code

Space code

List of chronological phases

Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)

Type of staircase

L-

Position in the space

Palace, SW architectural addition to the Western Wing. Room XVIII.

General dimensions of the saved part of the staircases

1st flight: 2.40 (NE-SW) x 1.35 (NW-SE) x 0.95

Existence of landing

Yes

Height of each flight of stairs

1st flight to the landing: 0.95 m.

Dimensions of the steps

0.87 x 0.32 x 0.13
Height of the 1st step from the ground level: 0.23 m.

Steps and pavement of landing

Plaster

Type of masonry of the stringwall

Rubble masonry with ashlar courses around openings and/or corners

Stringwall: general dimensions of the stringwall

2.40 x 1.35

Type of masonry of the walls around the staircase

Ashlar

Plaster or cladding on the wall

Plaster

State of preservation when excavated

Very bad

Current state of preservation

Very bad

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site

Media legend and metadata

Photo_Zak_Str350_001
Photo_Zak_Str350_002

General description of the staircases

L-shaped staircase adjasted at the eastern corner of the architectural "SW Addition" to the Western Wing of the palace. The first flight on the NE-SW axis is preserved with five (5) plastered steps. It has been assumed that the steps of the second flight, on the NW-SE axis, were of wood. The second flight of the staircase is not preserved. The current appearance is the result of heavy restoration work.