Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C.
Isis emblem; crescent.
Cf. SS 6792. Par: pairs w/ SS 06792(VG)*
Msc: prob from jar of =AGAQEINOS= dated in the term of =AGIAS=* Cistern; middle fill. cres- [ Ἀρτέ]μ̣ων
cent [ Ἀ]ρ̣ιστοκλῆς
(Ω cursive) ... 10 February 1937
Herm. Msc: prob from jar dated in the term of =AGHSIPOLIS= andr =ERMOFANTOS= andr* Cistern; middle fill. [ Ἐπὶ ] Ἀνδρο[μέ]
[νε]υς Χρυσ[ίπ]
[πο]υ Κνίδι[ον]
[sun]
(Σ lunate) Leica ... 10 February 1937
Part of rim preserved.
Cf. SS 3456 Par: SS 03456(VG)*
Msc: prob from jar of =DIOSKOURIDAS= dated in the term of =ARISTODAMOS=
(cf KT 1315 I)* Cistern; middle fill. Ἀν[δρῶν Ἀπολλοδώ]ρου Δ̣[ιογ]νήτ
... 10 February 1937
Rim chipped; small hole in one side; otherwise complete. Ring foot; angular wall, upper part almost vertical; projecting rim flanged inside for lid.
Brown-red clay. Poor black to brown glaze, chipped ... 10 February 1937
Margaret Crosby ... The area signified as Section Χ lays outside the Agora proper and no signs of any public buildings were found. The area seems to have been used for private houses from the end of the 6th c. B.C. Apart ... 25 Jan-18 May 1937
Margaret Crosby ... This report is a summary of the excavations taken place in 1937 as well as in 1946.
Some pottery indicate habitation in the area from the Geometric period. Two shallow graves of the 6th and 5th centuries ... 27 May-21 Jun 1946