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[Agora Deposit] A 18:1: Cistern Between Areopagus and Hill of the Nymphs

Cistern in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Simple, flask-shaped chamber withdraw-shaft; no tunnels. Mouth cut away in Byzantine times. Lower filling, 3rd c. B.C. Coins: 25 ... 25-30 April 1947

[Agora Deposit] A-B 19-20:1: Great Drain South

Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] B 20:2: Drawshaft

Filling in a cistern chamber in the area west of the Areopagus. Main dumped fill of 2nd. c. B.C., with small amount of later material in uppermost 1.00m. A connecting passage contained some material of ... 2nd. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] B 20:7: Well

Grid notation in error as 99/ΚΑ sometimes. A well (diameter 1.20m; diameter inside tiles at bottom 0.85m) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, at the bottom of the valley, about 10.00m. east of ... 3rd. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] C 10:1: Manhole, Channel Mouth 1

Water channel in north part of section, giving access to water system. Channel Mouth 1. Six stamped amphora handles; two-thirds of bowls long-petal ... Late 2nd century-Early 1st c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 10:3: Channel Mouth 3

Water channel in north part of section. Coins: 20 February 1936 #2-#3 Five stamped amphora handles; Type 48 A lamp; one-third of bowls long-petal; one long-petal mold ... Second half of 3rd c.-Early third quarter of 2nd c.

[Agora Deposit] D 11:3: Drawshaft

Shaft fill, not mouth fill, of drawshaft at 42/Θ. This is part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Thirteen stamped amphora handles; fragments of Arretine pottery; over half of bowls long-petal ... 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] D 11:4: Drawshaft

Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2. The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer: SS 5334, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman

[Agora Deposit] D 12:2: Drawshaft

Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:5: Cistern

Built against the south wall of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. At the west the upper layer of marble chips carried against it, the lowest were cut by it. Part of same system as ... 225-100 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D-E 15:1: Great Drain Fillings

Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers). Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 5:2: Cistern in ΛΛ

Cistern connected by tunnel to another chamber filled in Byzantine period. Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; ... 250-190 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 6:1: East Chamber at 69/Λ

Cistern System #3: East Chamber at 69/Λ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/ΛΣΤ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos ... 175-125 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 6:2: West Chamber

Cistern System #3: West Chamber at 69/ΛΣΤ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/Λ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos. Upper fill of early 1st ... 175-125 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:1: Cistern

Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C. Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C. Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:4: Drawshaft

Cistern shaft southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Unstratified fill. Ten stamped amphora handles; Type 34A lamp; many fragments of long-petal b suggesting material deposited ca. 140 or later. Cf. Pireus ... Ca. 200-125 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] F 5:1: Cistern

Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned. Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] F 13:3: Well 9

Well near southwest corner of market square; successive use fillings, and dumped filling. Lower use filling, second half of 4th century B.C. Main use filling, second quarter of 2nd century B.C. to shortly ... 10 April-31 May 1935

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[Agora Deposit] F 17:4: Cistern

Stucco-lined bottle-shaped cistern, with tunnel and subsidiary manhole, in SW Baths, Room Α 10. Homogeneous dumped fill, mostly of mold-made bowls and and molds for terracotta figurines. Sixteen stamped ... 225-190 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] F 19:6: Well

Unfinished well-shaft with debris filling (apparently of the Sullan sack), on the lower NW slopes off the Areopagus. Abandoned due to poor quality of bedrock. Three closely contemporary fills, considered ... End 2nd c. B.C.-second quarter 1st c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] G 5:3: "Bone Well"

Second century B.C. fill with early 13th c. A.D. fill in mouth. The Byzantine objects from the mouth are P 13713-P 13718, L 3585. Lower fill contained bones of many infants and dogs. The bones from this ... Mid-2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 6:2: Cistern East Chamber

The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... Ca. 200 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 13:4: Well

Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 14:2: Well

Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C. 100-70 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 14:4

Now G 13:9. Asterisk: G 14:4*

[Agora Deposit] H 6:4: Bronze Head Well

A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30. Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 6:9: Cave Cistern

Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:1: Fill of Early West Branch of Great Drain=Middle Drain

Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:3: Cistern System

An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:4: Pithos

Pithos ay the bottom of the north slope of the Areopagus with single fill; Part of Hellenistic Group D. One stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 146. Latest coin dates in first two decades of 2nd ... 160-130 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H-I 14:1: Kleiner Coin Deposit III

Hellenistic fill South of Middle Stoa near NW corner of Heliaea. This fill contained material later in date than that which made up the middle Stoa Building Fill. Only the coins (and a few amphora handles ... To ca. 140 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] I 16:5: Cistern

Cistern at 79/Γ (= 80/Δ) on lower north slope of the Areopagus. Filling of 2nd c. B.C. with some later intrusions (Turkish pottery indicates disturbance). Single Knidian stamped amphora handle dates around ... Hellenistic-Turkish

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[Agora Deposit] L 17:7: Aischines Street Cistern: South Chamber

Date of filling early third c. B.C. Little pottery. Seven stamped amphora handles. Latest coin dates in first third of 3rd c. One small fragment of moldmade bowl of undetermined type. Coins: 12 August ... 310-220 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] L 19:2: Cistern

A 3rd. c. B.C. cistern and an unfinished rectangular cutting of the 2nd c. B.C. which destroyed some of its upper part. These two features are combined in this deposit; the following objects are identified ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] M 18:10: Well

Well at 66/ΛΖ. Homogeneous fill. 14 stamped amphora handles. Rhodian and Knidian handles find parallels in Middle Stoa building fill. Type 27 D lamp agrees with this date. Fragments of 50 bowls and one ... 225-175 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] M 21:1: Komos Cistern

Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill. Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C.

[Agora Deposit] M 23:1: Cistern in NW Corner of Byzantine Building

Chamber of water system with one blind tunnel and two cisterns connected by tunnel. Pottery consistent throughout, late Hellenistic. Late 2nd c. B.C. Ten stamped amphora handles. Most of bowls long-petal ... 100-75 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] M-N 15:1: South Stoa II: Building Fill

South Stoa II Construction Fill. About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] N 18:3: Cistern at 77/M

Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1. Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] N 19:1: Cistern

Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter at bottom -3.20m Upper fill: Latest coins ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C.