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D 4:1: West chamber

The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two chambers connected by a passage (91/Ν); the east chamber at 91/Ν (E 5:1) retained little or no traces of its original period of use. North of the Hephaisteion ... Use filling early 1st c. B.C.

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D 11:1: Well

Well-shaft abandoned before use because of crumbling of rock. From top to 15.00m. a dumped fill predominantly early Roman but containing material of late 1st c. B.C. to mid-1st c. A.D. A rock filled shaft ... 1st c. B.C. to mid-1st c. A.D.

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D 11:2: Drawshaft

Drawshaft of a complex cistern system. Coins: 26 March 1936 #1 ... 300-215 B.C.

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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, ... 29 February-11 March 1936

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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.

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D 15:3: Cistern

A small flask-shaped cistern 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. Coins: 20 June ... Ca. 375-300 B.C.

D 16:6: Pyre

Pyre in cut in E-W street, layer 7 (Pyre 14). RSY-Pyre. Cf. Lot ΠΠ 246, over saucer grave ... 250-240 B.C.

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D 17:3: Cistern

Cistern at 65/ΚΗ (and Channel). Cistern in the northeast room of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. Part of the same system as D 17:4 and D 17:5, the chambers connected by long tunnels ... 300-250 B.C.

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D 17:5: Cistern

Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:4. Object B 874 is from the top fill but not related to the upper or lower fills proper; no subdivision. Neither the upper nor the lower fill had the characteristics ... 225-100 B.C.

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D 17:12: Well

Unfinished well. The shaft was apparently never used as a well. The lower dumped filling contained a quantity of clean red clay, as if from an industrial establishment; also some marble chips and a scattering ... Ca. 350-325 B.C.