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Well dug through N 18:1 (cistern at 79/ΜΗ) on the lower north slopes of Areopagus; the cistern was the northern chamber of a system; the southern chamber is at 84/ΝΣΤ (N 19:1).
A single dumped deposit ... 3rd-4th c. A.D. |
Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range:
MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D. |
Baskets 22-53 (containers 21-47). Abandonment of cistern. Includes finds from NW channel leading out of 84/ΝΣΤ (containers 50-51). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from ... 125-86 B.C. |
Baskets 54-56 (containers 48-49). Construction of cistern ... Early 3rd c. B.C. |
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 |
Small fill; most pottery Hellenistic but a few fragments of early Roman present. Coins:
27 May 1937 #3-#4 ... 265-200 B.C. |
Modern Pithos containing coins ... 23 March 1937 |
Pithos at 15-17/ΠΕ-ΠΣΤ. Coins:
9 March 1937 #6-#8
16 March 1937 #15-#17 ... 8-16 March 1937 |
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