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[Agora Deposit] J 1:7: Hellenistic Cistern Shaft

Marcie Handler ... The contents of this Hellenistic cistern shaft were excavated in a series of layers: the preserved top of the shaft, six layers in the shaft and the fill within the tunnel. At the bottom of the shaft on ... POU: Mid-3rd c. BC Dumped fill: after 225 BC ... Hellenistic Cistern Shaft

[Agora Deposit] B 22:4: Late Hellenistic Cistern in ΝΝ

Cistern with two fills. Lower fill in cone on floor, with dumped upper fill above. Coins: 27 April 1940 #3-#5 14 May 1940 #5-#6 15 May 1940 #3-#7 17 May 1940 #11-#13 20 May 1940 # 8-#9 21 May 1940 #1 ... Late Hellenistic ... Late Hellenistic Cistern in ΝΝ

[Agora Deposit] M 23:1 BIS: Destroyed Tomb

Alison Frantz ... Vases from "Child's Grave" disturbed by the Late Hellenistic cistern. No remains. JP But see P 27110 ... Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... Vases from "Child's Grave" disturbed by the Late Hellenistic cistern. No remains.

[Agora Deposit] E 18:5: Cistern

Ancient fill in cistern tunnel leading to north; contained undisturbed fill which produced late Hellenistic sherds; it had been refilled in modern times ... 2nd c. B.C ... Ancient fill in cistern tunnel leading to north; contained undisturbed fill which produced late Hellenistic sherds; it had been refilled in modern times.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:3: 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 ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.-86 B.C ... Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. ... Nbp. 1787: This cistern contained a hopeless mixture of sherds, from hellenistic to late roman ... One can say in a general way that the hellenistic fill lay over the bottom of this cistern and the roman above it, but every basket of Hellenistic contained also Roman sherds. Nbp. 2441: ... the cistern was very mixed - Hellenistic, Late Roman, and coarse Byzantine.

[Agora Deposit] S 19:2: Cistern at 6/ΛΓ

Cistern at 6/ΛΓ. Hellenistic lower fill, with mixed Hellenistic and late Roman fill above, and Byzantine fill in mouth. Coins 1 June 1938 #1-#8 2 June 1938 #1-#6 3 June 1938 #1-#3 4 June 1938 #1-#2 6 June ... 2nd century, with Byzantine disturbance ... Cistern at 6/ΛΓ. Hellenistic lower fill, with mixed Hellenistic and late Roman fill above, and Byzantine fill in mouth.

[Agora Deposit] G 14:5: Cistern: Southern chamber

Connected with G 14:3. There was a layer of Late Roman fill. It rested over a layer of 2nd c. B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. B.C Hellenistic; the passage between the two cisterns contained ... Late Hellenistic ... B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. B.C Hellenistic; the passage between the two cisterns contained Hellenistic material. Therefore, it appears that this cistern had several periods of use: Hellenistic (at least one phase contemporary with the 2nd century B.C, phase of House E to the north), Late Roman (probably associated with the amphora and perhaps also maybe the platform and the drain), and finally Byzantine.

[Agora Deposit] M 20:1: Cistern

Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above. Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C ... Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.