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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 16:7: Manhole at Collapsed Poros Gutter

Includes area labeled "Deposit around collapsed section of poros gutter, road cut south of annex of SWFH." Coins: 28 June 1967 #2 13 July 1967 #1-#6 14 July 1967 #1 15 July 1967 #1 ... 325-275 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.

[Deposit]  I 14:2: Pithos Settling Basin

Located in front of west end of Stepped Retaining Wall, Heliaia. Filled in and covered in last stages of grading of area after construction of Middle Stoa ... 175-150 B.C.

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[Deposit]  I 16:1: Well

Use filling of the Roman period. Several objects are from unknown depth or containers and do not appear in subdivisions. Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill=Dump .2=Second POU .3=First POU Container 86 at unknown ... 1st-3rd c. A.D.

[Deposit]  I 17:5: Drawshaft

Cistern shaft at 63/ΚΓ. Part of H-I 16-17 system. Contents of 3rd c. disturbed. Coins: 13 May 1932 #10 ... 3rd c.

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[Deposit]  J 5:1: Crossroads Well

Located at the bifurcation of the Panathenaic Way and West Road.Byzantine fill (9th-10th century) in upper 5.70m. with a series of Classical to Hellenistic accumulations below. Coins: 10 July 1971 #861 ... 14 June-27 July 1971

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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.

[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 6:2: Filling

4th century sandy fill west of Peribolos of the Twelve Gods, with animal bones, metal waste and much pottery ... 350-325 B.C.

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[Deposit]  K 7:1: Hellenistic Fill

Hellenistic fill on either side of wall running east-west over 50/ΙΓ. Mostly coarse pottery including many stamped amphora handles. Cf. also nb. P XII, pp. 2297-2298. Coins: 13 June 1935 #2 ... 275-200 B.C.

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[Deposit]  K 9-10:1: Red Fill West of Odeion

"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins: 17 April 1936 #10-#13 18 April 1936 #1 20 April 1936 #13-#17 21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D.

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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 18:2: Cistern

Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus. Coins: 12 March 1937 #5-#8 13 March 1937 #1-#8 15 March 1937 #1-#5 16 March 1937 #1-#7 17 March 1937 #1-#2 18 March 1937 #1-#3 19 March 1937 #3 Also noted as ... 260-190 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 17:5: Pyre 2

Pyre 2 in Central House, R oom X, under strosis 9. Signs of burning, carbonized food, no bone. Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 122 ff. Coins: 5 May 1958 #1 (above pyre) Cf. Lot Φ 217 for strosis above pyre ... 290-275 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 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.

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[Deposit]  M 18:1: Well

Filling of a well on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus, dug early in the 1st c. B.C. [construction fill]; in use into the the 2nd c. A.D.[well fill] (H Ms.) No apparent stratification. Coins: 17 ... 2nd c. A.D.

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[Deposit]  M 20:1: Cistern

Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above. Subdivisions: .1=top and intermediate fills, to 2.00m. .2=middle fill .3=bottom fill ... 6 February 1937

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[Deposit]  M 23:1: Cistern

Cistern in NW corner of Byzantine Building. Pottery consistent throughout, late Hellenistic. Late 2nd c. B.C. Coins: 3 May 1934 #4 7 May 1934 #8-#10 8 May 1934 #1 11 May 1934 #4-#7 ... 100-75 B.C.

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[Deposit]  M-N 15:1: South Stoa building fill

South Stoa II Construction Fill ... to ca. 140 B.C.

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[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. Subdivisions: .1=upper fill (Group F) .2=middle fill .3=lower fill ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C.

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[Deposit]  N 20:2: Cistern

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.

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[Deposit]  N 20:4: Mask Cistern

Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C. Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during exavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 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]  O 16:1-2: Construction filling

South Stoa I: 75-76/ΚΗ-Λ South Shop Building Layer g (O 16:1) and South Stoa I: Stony Fill below floor level (O 16:2). (merged from O 16:1 and O 16:2) Merged from two separate deposits: O 16:1 and O 16:2 ... ca. 420-400 B.C. and earlier

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[Deposit]  O 18:2: Hedgehog Well

Well at 37/ΚΑ ... ca. 350-320 B.C.

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[Deposit]  O 20:1: Cistern

Cistern at 63/ΛΑ (part of cistern system 63/ΛΑ-65/ΜΑ-70/ΛΣΤ, consisting of two chambers and a well). Roman upper fill with modern cesspool fill above. Channel finds: MC 517, SS 8078. Subdivisions: .1=Upper ... 300-195 B.C.

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[Deposit]  O 22:1: Cistern

Unfinished cistern at 31/ΚΑ ... ca. 360-325 B.C.

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[Deposit]  P 10:1: Cistern

With cistern at 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ (P 10:2), two chambers connected by a passage. 18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C ... 325-285 B.C.

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[Deposit]  P 10:2: Cistern

With cistern at 18/Π (P 10:1), two chambers connected by a passage. 18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C. 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ ... 17 April 1937 27-28 May 1937

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[Deposit]  Q 13:1: Manhole

Dumped fill in a shaft which served as means of access leading to a water channel south of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins: 29 June 1933 #1 29 April 1936 #1-#3 4 May 1936 #1 ... Early 1st c. A.D.

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[Deposit]  R 10:1

Well East of Stoa Room 11; no appreciable change in pottery top to bottom; dumped fill of Augustan times. Coins: 15 May 1950 #1 ... 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D.