Str355
Code name (Unique Key)
Str355
Type of structural unit
Vertical timber reinforcement system of masonry
List of related timber evidence
Stone base without mortises
Location code
Space code
List of chronological phases
Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)
Position in the space
Palace, Southern Wing. The partition wall and the SW wall of Room XLVII.
General dimensions of the saved part of the vertical timber reinforcement system
Partition wall: 3.65 x 1.02 x 0.60 from the ground level.
NW part of the SW wall of Room XLVII: 6.25 x 0.73 x 0.57 from the ground level.
SE part of the SW wall of Room XLVII: 6.25 x 0.62 x 0.90 from the ground level.
NW part of the SW wall of Room XLVII: 6.25 x 0.73 x 0.57 from the ground level.
SE part of the SW wall of Room XLVII: 6.25 x 0.62 x 0.90 from the ground level.
Number of vertical timber pairs
Six (6)
Distance of vertical timber elements / pairs (between and from the ends of the wall)
SW wall of Room XLVII (from SE to NW):
1st from the SE end of the wall: 1.37 m.
2nd from the 1st: 1.20 m.
2nd from the 3rd: 0.42 m.
3rd from the 4th: 0.92 m.
4th from the NW end of the wall: 0.98 m.
Partition wall in Room XLVII (from SW to NE):
1st from the SE end of the partition wall: 1.20 m.
1st from the SE end of the wall: 1.37 m.
2nd from the 1st: 1.20 m.
2nd from the 3rd: 0.42 m.
3rd from the 4th: 0.92 m.
4th from the NW end of the wall: 0.98 m.
Partition wall in Room XLVII (from SW to NE):
1st from the SE end of the partition wall: 1.20 m.
Presence of stone bases for the vertical timbers
Yes
Type of masonry of the wall
Rubble masonry
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
Transversal stones on the upper preserved surface of the partition wall and SW wall of Room XLVII, that, as it has been assumed, could have been used as stone bases of a vertical timber reinforcement system. The current appearance is the result of restoration.
Media legend and metadata
Photo_Zak_Str355_001
Linked resources
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