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Cistern chamber in the area of the southeast Temple, the mouth cut back in antiquity ... Late 4th - early 3rd c. B.C ... Cistern A |
Cistern (diameter 0.90m) with two channels; the fill of the cistern proper, below the scant upper (Byzantine) deposit, appears to have been dumped all at the same time, to 325-275 B.C. Notebook says "all ... 325-275 B.C ... Cistern A |
Cistern A for 1935 (there is another Cistern A, for 1936, D-E 8-9:1) Coins:
16 May 1935 #4-#5
17 May 1935 #1-#2
18 May 1935 #1-#2
20 May 1935 #1-#2
22 May 1935 #1
23 May 1935 #2-#6
24 May 1935 #1-#7
25 ... 16-25 May 1935
6 February 1936 ... Cistern A for 1935 (there is another Cistern A, for 1936, D-E 8-9:1) ... Also, from rock-cut channel leading south from cistern (27/8/1961) S 589, S 590, SS 4316, IL 254, IL 258, IL 286, T 885, T 901, A 578, P 5947, P 6449 and coins ΠΘ-34, ΠΘ-35. |
| Listed in notebook as at 6/ΛΗ but later found to be at 12/ΛΗ.
Originally B 16:1.
Large cistern distinguished by a short (1.75m) blind tunnel running SW from its floor, and a shallow (ca. 0.80m originally) ... Ca. 150 B.C ... Large cistern distinguished by a short (1.75m) blind tunnel running SW from its floor, and a shallow (ca. 0.80m originally) settling basin just south of the cistern mouth. The lowest part of the cistern as well as the tunnel had been packed with amphoras. |
| Report on sorting of pottery, August 1951, by H.S. Robinson [nb p. 3666].
Cistern discovered and dug to 1.60m., vi/10/36; dug to bottom iv/22/37-v/6/37. Diam. At mouth 0.26m.; neck begins to widen out ... 1st. c. B.C. to post-Herulian ... Robinson [nb p. 3666].
Cistern discovered and dug to 1.60m., vi/10/36; dug to bottom iv/22/37-v/6/37. ... Well-plastered, without footholds; at 2.90-3.85m. a passage opens out to the south, curving slightly eastward, for 5.00m., at which point it is blocked by fill from another (cistern?) |
| Filling in eastern channel at W. end of casting pit A 16:1. Early Roman (1st c. A.D.) but with some later disturbances (3rd. and 4th. c. A.D. and Byz.). P 25747 (VG thinks strayed from A 16:1)
Estimated ... 1st. c. A.D. |
| Construction filling of well N 20:3 which was dug through this cistern; a few later sherds at upper levels may result from late repairs to well tiling. Coins:
6 April 1938 #14-#15
8 April 1938 #4 Some ... Second half 1st c. A.D ... Construction filling of well N 20:3 which was dug through this cistern; a few later sherds at upper levels may result from late repairs to well tiling. |
| "From the phot. and description, p. 555, this appears to be a built pithos, rather than a cistern." [deposit nb] Grid 30/ΙΔ also mentioned ... 28 July-3 August 1931 ... "From the phot. and description, p. 555, this appears to be a built pithos, rather than a cistern." |
| Cistern at 79/ΜΗ.
A well dug through at a later date destroyed all cistern filling.
No filling preserved. No typed list ... Probably 3rd cent. B.C ... Cistern at 79/ΜΗ.
A well dug through at a later date destroyed all cistern filling.
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| 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 |
Reused as part of a modern cistern; scanty remains of ancient fill towards bottom. No containers of pottery ... 1st c. A.D ... Reused as part of a modern cistern; scanty remains of ancient fill towards bottom. |
A large chamber cistern filled in the second c. BC when a well (C 9:16) was dug through its floor. Well tiles were run up from the floor of the cistern to just below its neck; a double layer of complete ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... A large chamber cistern filled in the second c. BC when a well (C 9:16) was dug through its floor. Well tiles were run up from the floor of the cistern to just below its neck; a double layer of complete wine amphorae was packed over the floor around the well tiles to hold them in place. |
A small flask-shaped cistern on the lower southeast slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Lined with hydraulic cement and containing a large quantity of glazed table ware and a fair amount of coarse ware; a homogeneous ... 350-325 B.C ... A small flask-shaped cistern on the lower southeast slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Lined with hydraulic cement and containing a large quantity of glazed table ware and a fair amount of coarse ware; a homogeneous fill with joins at all levels. |
Not a group, one object only.
Dug bedrock. Coins:
29 April 1947 #1 |
Coins:
25 April 1947 #1
26 April 1947 #1-#5
28 April 1947 #1-#3 |
Coins:
29 April 1947 #2-#4
30 April 1947 #1-#2 ... 2nd. c. B.C. |
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 ... Layer I: red earth in the central depression, probably the accumulation of the last period of use of the cistern as a source of water. ... It was put in to fill the cistern immediately after Layer II, and having settled, was later supplemented with layers IV and V, in close succession. |
"baskets" 1-5 Coins:
22 April 1937 #7
23 April 1937 #17-#18
24 April 1937 #1
coins from Dump:
28 May 1937 #31-#32 ADDENDA Top-early 4th. c. consistent with coins of Licinius and Maximinus in good condition ... post-Herulian |
Coins:
26 April 1937 #1-#7
27 April 1937 #2-#5
28 April 1937 #1 ... 1st. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D. |
"baskets" 11-12 Coins:
29 April 1937 #1-#2
6 May 1937 #1 d5.20m.-Bottomd.
ADDENDA Bottom-see 1970 Hayes's list ... 1st. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D. |
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