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[Deposit]  H 16:3: Cistern System

An extensive cistern system, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel. With exception of north tunnel (which ... Ca. 320-240 B.C.

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[Deposit]  H 16:4: Pithos

Part of Hell. Group D. Coins: 12 April 1932 #6-11 13 April 1932 #1-#2 ... 160-130 B.C.

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[Deposit]  H 17:1: Child's urn burial

Grave 4 in notebook: urn burial. Lower part of a storage jar (P 15407) containing the bones of a small child along with a black glazed kantharos (P 15409) and a banded pelike (P 15408) ... 325-300 B.C.

[Deposit]  H 17:5: Filling

Area in front of E-W retaining wall, just above cobble pavement, disturbed by coins and pottery as late as the 3rd c. B.C. Coins: 25 May 1932 #6-#7 26 May 1932 #1-#3 SS 367 listed on deposit list but ... 375-275 B.C.

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[Deposit]  H 17:6: Pocket in bedrock

Pocket in bedrock, 50/Λ (= Trench, 50-54/Λ). Coins: 22 April 1932 #1 ... 330-300 B.C.

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[Deposit]  H 18:1: Well

ST 336, P 25318 from the dump (container Lot ΓΓ 633). Subdivisions: .1=Upper dumped fill .2=Lower dumped fill .3=Lower fill ... Ca. 350-290 B.C.

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[Deposit]  H 19:1: Rockcut Pit

Stratified fill in Rockcut Pit, which apparently served as a rubbish dump. Coins: 17 May 1939 #2-#3 22 May 1939 #4 Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill .2=Middle fill .3=Lower fill ... Ca. 410-250 B.C.

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[Deposit]  H-K 12-14: Middle Stoa Building Fill

Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14) This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... to ca. 180 B.C.

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[Deposit]  I 13:2: Filling

Backfill of demolition of Great Monument beneath Middle Stoa. [Soft pit below Layer II of south aisle (=fill of early "Great Drain")] ... Early 4th c. B.C.

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[Deposit]  I 14:1: Well

No clear distinction in the filling, either of date or of character, could be observed but the presence of a number of water jars of various sorts, many of them from the lower levels, suggests that the ... Ca. 625-570 B.C.

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[Deposit]  I 16:4: Well

Well at 62/ΙΑ, 63/ΙΑ. Use filling in the lowest meter of the shaft. The upper part of the shaft was filled with clay containing only occasional fragments of pottery; at the top a small supplementary filling ... Ca. 600-540 B.C.

[Deposit]  I 17:1: Well

Well at 75/ΚΖ (75/ΚΗ, 76/ΚΣΤ-ΚΖ). A dumped filling; an accumulation for the most part of the late 6th and early 5th centuries ... Ca. 450-425 B.C.

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[Deposit]  I 17:2: Square Well

Square stone-curbed well with no clear evidence for a period of use; appears to be a single dump ... Ca. 500 B.C.

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[Deposit]  I 17:3: Well

Digging terminated at 14.50m. due to falling bedrock. Scanty pottery remains at 10.00m. In the mouth and upper part of the shaft was a heavy dumped filling of much shattered fragments, for the most part ... Last quarter of 5th c. B.C.

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[Deposit]  I-J 18:1: Pocket

Red Figure Pocket in front of Retaining Wall at 74-77/ΛΖ-ΛΘ ... Ca. 430-410 B.C.

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[Deposit]  J 11:1: Fourth Century Hole

Irregular depression in bedrock; area south of E-W Late Roman wall. Dumped filling apparently intended to level off the area. Coins: 11 March 1952 #10 12 March 1952 #1-#5 13 March 1952 #3-#5 21 March 1952 ... Ca. 400-325 B.C.

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[Deposit]  J 12:3: Hole

Hole in bedrock; dumped filling used in leveling. Coins: 1 April 1933 #10 31 May 1933 #12-#13 9 June 1933 #3 Notebook uses 24/ΛΑ, continuing with 19/ΚΘ and 19/ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ, as grid ... Ca. 350-270 B.C.

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[Deposit]  J 13-14:1: Polygonal Drain

Water deposit in Polygonal Drain (43-44/Γ-Ζ and martyra). Early branch of the original course of Great Drain. P 2248 added to this deposit by E.V. - from Old Drain ... Ca. 420-390 B.C.

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[Deposit]  J 18:5: Pit C

Small deposit including red figured fragments ... Second and third quarters of 4th c. B.C.

[Deposit]  J 18:7: Well

Scanty remains of use fill in lowest 0.30m. with Byzantine dump above ... 400-350 B.C.

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[Deposit]  K 14:1: Collector's Dump

Pottery Deposit at 57/ΙΔ (also 57/ΙΣΤ and 63-66/Κ-ΚΕ). Contents of pit range from Mycenaean to Turkish; apparently the dump of a modern antiquities dealer ... Modern Context

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[Deposit]  K 17:3: Hole

Refuse pit in rock by heavy wall on West Street ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.

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[Deposit]  K-L 18-20:1: Drain System

Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ. The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to ... 3rd c. B.C. 2nd c A.D.

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[Deposit]  L 17:6: Aischines Street Cistern: North Chamber

Cistern with dumped filling, second quarter of 4th c. B.C. Also Lot Φ 187bis ... Ca. 375-350 B.C.

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

Date of filling early third c. B.C. Coins: 12 August 1957 #1-#3 13 August 1957 #1 ... 310-220 B.C.

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[Deposit]  L 18:2: Well

Well on lower slopes of Areopagus. Dumped filling of 8th c. at the top. Fill mostly Geometric but containing bits of later (even Roman) pottery. Perhaps cleaned out and refilled with its own contents at ... 8th c. B.C.

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[Deposit]  L-M 17-18:1: Southwest House and Central House (1958)

Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates. Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have ... 6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D.

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[Deposit]  M 17:4: Well

Big well at 61/ΙΖ ... ca. 520-475 and shortly after

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[Deposit]  M 17:7: Pit

Rectangular pit at 54/ΛΓ ... ca. 450-425 B.C.

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[Deposit]  M 18:7: Pit

Pit at 74/ΜΑ ... ca. 525-500 B.C.

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[Deposit]  M 18:8: Well

Well at 73/Μ ... ca. 430-400 B.C.

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[Deposit]  M 20:3: Well

Well at 69/ΟΒ (Late 5th c.) Lower fill dated to 420-400 B.C. in Agora XXX. I can't find out what M 20:3-S is (Cf. P 9347) as published in Agora XII (SD) ... 420-400 B.C.

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[Deposit]  N 7:3: Well

Well at 45/Θ (Skytha Well) ... ca. 460-440 B.C.

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[Deposit]  N 10:1: Cellar

"Fauvel Collection" ... modern context

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[Deposit]  N 18:6: Pocket

Pocket in bedrock 35/Ε ... ca. 500-450 B.C.

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[Deposit]  N 21:2: Cutting

Crescent-shaped cutting in bedrock at 47/ΙΓ ... ca. 500-450 B.C.

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[Deposit]  N 21:4: Satyr Cistern

Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated. No stratigraphy noted during excavation, but analysis of pottery suggests three ... 5-17 May 1939

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[Deposit]  N 21:7: Pit

Pit at 51/Ζ ... ca. 450-420 B.C.

[Deposit]  N 22:1: Pit

Pit at 48/ΚΕ ... ca. 500-470 B.C. (?)

[Deposit]  O 7:10: Pit

Small Pit or Well at 25/ΚΑ ... ca. 450-425 B.C.