Str1058

Code name (Unique Key)

Str1058

Type of structural unit

Window frame

List of related timber evidence

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

Location code

Space code

Position in the space

On the external south wall of room 0.4.

General dimensions of the window frame

0,70x0,90x0,55

General dimensions of the saved part of the window frame

0,95x0,90x0,55

Type of window (architectural)

Exterior window

Type of masonry

Rubble masonry with ashlar courses around openings and/or corners

State of preservation when excavated

Medium

Current state of preservation

Partly restored

Method of documentation

Bibliographical

Description of the window frame

Simple window with timber orthostats only on the external wall, partly restored with concrete at the jambs. The horizontal elements of the sill are not restored and their imprints are destorted.

Bibliography

Palyvou C., Akrotiri Thera: An Architecture of Affluence 3,500 Years Old (Prehistory Monographs, 15), INSTAP Academic Press, Philadelphia 2005.

Παλυβού Κ., Aκρωτήρι Θήρας: Η αρχιτεκτονική της Δυτικής Οικίας, εκδ. Μέλισσα, 2019.

Παλυβού Κ., Aκρωτήρι Θήρας: η οικοδομική τέχνη, Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογική Εταιρεία, 1999.

Μαρινάτος Σ ., Excavations at Thera Ι-VII (1968-1974), Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογική Εταιρεία, Αθήνα.

Τσακανίκα-Θεοχάρη, Ελευθερία, Ο δομικός ρόλος του ξύλου στην τοιχοποιία των ανακτορικού τύπου κτιρίων της Μινωϊκής Κρήτης, (μη δημοσιευμένη διδακτορική διατριβή), ΕΜΠ, 2006.

Doumas C., Akrotiri: The Archaeological Site and the Museum of Prehistoric Thera. A Brief Guide, The Society for the Promotion of Studies on Prehistoric Thera, 2017.

Linked resources

  • Chase of the inner lintel of the window, with a cross section in the shape ...

  • Chase of the outer, south jamb of the window, reconstructed in concrete....

  • Chase of the outer, southeast jamb of the window, reconstructed in concrete...