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.
Lip, handle and many pieces missing; one non-joining piece of bottom; restored in plaster [P.H. 0.20]. Base ring; side wall and inside shoulder meet at sharp angle.
Creamy slip, worn. Band of matte red ... 18 February 1937
Top not preserved; many fragments missing (P.H. 0.218). High ring foot; straight sides above a wide flare just above floor line.
White slip. Decoration in matte orange to red; on the flare, a bead and ... 18 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
