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E 29:2: Drawshaft

Cistern in Court K, House of Greek Mosaic. Coins: 26 June 1964 # ΔΕ3 ... 2nd c. B.C.

E 29:4: House of Greek Mosaic

Stroses I, II, III, IV in Court J (below marble chip layer), House of Greek Mosaic ... Early 3rd c. B.C.

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E-F 2-3:2: Fill

N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Road, area of Stoa, area N of Stoa) various levels and dates over the three areas. No subdivisions are given but the layers are dated over the three areas as follows: Area ... Prehistoric to Roman

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F 5:1: Cistern

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. Coins: 3 June 1937 ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C.

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F 5:2: Sacrificial Pyre

Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as pyre by SIR ... Ca. 300-275 B.C.

F 6:3: West Chamber

The West Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... 225-165 B.C.

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F 9:2: Cistern Chamber I

Cistern system West of Bouleuterion: (see also B: cistern system to West of Tholos). First Chamber from North. Coins: 1 March 1934 #1 2 March 1934 #1-#5 10 March 1934 #1 12 March 1934 #1(from dump) ... 150-ca. 75 B.C., with Byz. disturbance.

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F 11:2: Well

Well with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins: 5 April 1934 #1-#4 10 April 1934 #1-#2 11 April 1934 #1 12 April 1934 #1 18 April 1934 #1-#2 19 April 1934 #1-#5 24 April 1934 #1-#2 2 May ... Ca. 350-294 B.C.

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F 12:3: Well

Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern. The pottery falls into three distinct groups ... however, ... 335-250 B.C.

F 12:7: Cistern Passage/Drawshaft

Part of cistern system with mouths at 47/ΛΒ, 60/ΜΖ and 51/ΜΓ. Last 1.50m. of 47/ΛΒ probably cut in modern times, contained modern fill in bottom. Coins: 10 March 1934 #2-#7 12 March 1934 #9-#14 16 March ... 10 March-14 April 1934

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F 13:1: Disturbed Sacrificial Pyre

"Perhaps a cremation burial ... " nbp. 811. "Sacrificial pyre, disturbed," GRE, deposit nb ... Ca. 250 B.C.

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F 13:3: Well 9, Upper Fill

Upper fill (POU and dump). Evidence for 4th-c. use (Lower fill of Agora XII) consists of a few 4th c. fragments found at bottom mixed with Hellenistic [Agora XXIX, p. 450]. The fill from top to bottom, ... 150-86 B.C. abandonment

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F 16:6: Shaft

Rectangular shaft at northwest foot of Areopagus; dumped filling of second half of 4th c. B.C. Pit at 16/Δ-Ε recorded one time as an extension of shaft 17/Δ-Ε (see L 506 and nbp. 395), but items from there ... Ca. 325-275 B.C.

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F 16:8: Menon's Cistern and Well

Cistern and well in Marble Worker's House. Coins: 5 August 1968 #1-#6 6 August 1968 #1bis-#25 7 August 1968 #1-#3 8 August 1968 #1-#2 14 August 1968 #1-#11 16 August 1968 #1-#19 17 August 1968 #1-#6 Neg ... 325-275 B.C.

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F 17:3: Well

Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE). Packing around well includes SS 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision ... 11-25 May 1957

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F 17:4: Cistern

Stucco-lined bottle-shaped cistern, with tunnel and subsidiary manhole, in SW Baths, Room Α 10. Homogeneous dumped fill, mostly of mold-made bowls and and molds for terracotta figurines. Coins: 13 May ... 225-190 B.C.

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F 19:2: Cistern

Cistern with dumped fillings. Coins: 5 May 1939 #10-#12 Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill .2=Lower fill .3=Dump ... Ca. 375-275 B.C.

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F 19:3: Well

Unfinished well, all one fill. Coins: 2 May 1939 #1-#3 ... Early 1st c. B.C.

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F 19:6: Well

Unfinished well-shaft with debris filling (apparently of the Sullan sack). Abandoned due to poor quality of bedrock. Coins: 11 May 1939 #6 ... End 2nd c. B.C.-second quarter 1st c. B.C.

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G 5:3: "Bone Well"

Second century B.C. fill with early 13th c. A.D. fill in mouth. The Byzantine objects from the mouth are P 13713-P 13718, L 3585. Lower fill contained bones of many infants and dogs. Coins: 14 June 1937 ... Mid-2nd c. B.C.

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G 6:2: Cistern East Chamber

The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... 23 February-16 March 1932

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G 11:1: Cistern Chamber III

Cistern system West of Bouleuterion: (see also B: cistern system to West of Tholos). Third Chamber from North. A well was dug through the bottom in Byz. times. Cf. deposit F 9:2. Coins: 3 May 1934 #1 ... 160-140 B.C., with Byz. disturbance

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G 11:4: Well to West of Tholos.

See cistern system wells F 11:2 and F 12:3, part of Tholos water system ... Ca. 350-294 B.C.

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G 12:20: Pits in floor of Tholos

From disturbances in original floor of Tholos with ash and burning. Probably reflects the military and political conditions of 307 B.C ... Ca. 340-295 B.C.

G 12:23: Refuse Dump

Kitchen Dump in Tholos Trench T ... 375-350 B.C.

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G 13:3: Pyre

350-250 B.C.

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G 13:4: Well

Well associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary with upper fill but not in subdivision ... 325-260

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G 13:8: Burnt Layer

The following objects may be from this level or from the 'Mixed Classical Level at 10/Δ: SS 449, SS 450, SS 451 (nbp. 186). Coins: 4 March 1933 #1-#6 (cf. #7-#13) 7 March 1933 #39 ... 150-86 B.C.

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G 14:2: Well

Tiled well, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery (none inventoried, containers 66-71); middle filling a heavy deposit primarily of table ware, apparently ... 4th-2nd c. B.C. 100-70 B.C.

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G 15:2: Well

Wells at 24/ΙΓ at 26/ΙΑ (the party wall between them broken through in antiquity). Use filling middle to third quarter of 6th c. B.C., upper filling, 6th c. B.C. with Hellenistic infiltration in upper ... Ca. 550-525 B.C.

G 17:2: Pit

No independently datable objects. Coins: 17 February 1932 #29 18 February 1932 #4 ... 325-300 B.C.

H 4:1: Pit

Shallow pit containing pottery, burning and tiny fragments of bone ... 375-325 B.C.

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H 6:4: Bronze Head Well

A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30 ... 260-210 B.C.

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H 6:9: Cave Cistern

Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C. Objects T 122, T 145, L 453 and L 454 ... Ca. 375-160 B.C.

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H 12:1: Fill of Early West Branch of Great Drain=Middle ...

Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C.

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H 13:1: Well

Located in road west of Middle Stoa. Coins: 26 April 1948 #36-#37 ... 200-165 B.C.

H 14:2: Drain

Silt fill of early road drain to North of SW Fountain House. Coins: 10 August 1961 #5 ... 325-275 B.C.

H 15:2: Well

Well (Hole) at 19/Ι(ΙΑ). Collapsed well creating a hole above; mixed fill in hole, early Byz in well proper. Coins: 26 April 1934 #12 28 April 1934 #38 1 May 1934 #3 ... Early Byz.

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H 16:1: Well

Dug to 6.60m. and abandoned because of danger. Perhaps this context: P 528, P 1223 (JWH). Coins: 22 April 1932 #1 ... Second half 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D.

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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.