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J 1:7Hellenistic Cistern Shaft28 June-28 July 2007POU: Mid-3rd c. BC Dumped fill: after 225 BC 
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K 18:2Cistern on Lower North Slope of Areopagus11-19 March 1937260-190 B.C. 
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K 18:3Cistern10-17 February 1937  
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L 2:6Cistern at L/11-2/112-19 July 2010  
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L 17:6Aischines Street Cistern: North ChamberAugust 1957Ca. 375-350 B.C. 
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L 17:7Aischines Street Cistern: South ChamberAugust 1957310-220 B.C. 
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M-N 18:1Cistern at 75/ΜΓ27 February-4 March 19371st. c. B.C. 
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N 18:1Bell Shaped Cistern18 February-15 March 1937Probably 3rd cent. B.C. 
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N 18:3Cistern at 77/M22 February-5 April 19373rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C. 
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N 19:1Cistern30 January-April 1937Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. 
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N 20:2Cistern26 January 1938 16 March 1938 6-11 April 1938Second half 1st c. A.D. 
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O 19:2Cistern at 53/ΚΓ31 March-8 April 19385th c. B.C.-4th c. A.D. 
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2004.04.0026 (2002-23-09)At left, the North-South Road (A); at right, bottom to top: the bothros area (B), Room 3 with cistern tile floor in center (C) and Room 2 (D). End of season.7 Aug 2002  
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2004.04.0027 (2002-23-12)North-South Road in center. Middle area at top left: Roman Room A, Roman Room B and Room L. South area: Bothros area (C), Room 3 with cistern tile floor in center (D) and Room 2 (E). End of season.7 Aug 2002  
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2004.04.0028 (2002-24-02)North-South Road in center. Middle area, left to right: Room G, Room F, Roman Room A and Roman Room B. South area at bottom: Bothros area (C) north of Wall H (D), Wall G (E) and tile floor of Cistern J 2:20 in Room 3 (H). End of season.7 Aug 2002  
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2004.04.0029 (2002-24-03)Middle area at top, left to right: Room F, Roman Room A, Roman Room B and Room L. South area at bottom: Bothros area (C) north of Wall H (D), Wall G (E), tile floor of Cistern J 2:20 (H) and Wall F (I). North-South Road in center (J). End of season.7 Aug 2002  
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2004.04.0030 (2002-24-05)Bottom left corner: Wall H (A), tile floor of Cistern J 2:20 (C) and pit formed by removal of Pithos F (D). To the right, Room 3 (B) and Wall E (K). In center, from left to right: North-South Road (F), Wall G (G), plaster lined pit (I) and Wall F (E). Above, Room 2 (H), Wall L (curving wall) (J) and Pithos A (L). End of season.7 Aug 2002  
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2004.04.0031 (2002-24-07)Bothros area (A) north of Wall H (B). Tile floor of Cistern J 2:20 (C). Pit formed by removal of Pithos F (D), Room 3 (E), Wall E (F), Wall F (G) and Wall G (H). North-South Road (I) at top. Plaster-lined pit (J), Room 2 (K) and Wall D (L) at top right corner. End of season.7 Aug 2002  
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2004.04.0057 (2003-17-05)North-South Road (A) in center, Roman threshold (B) within Wall G (C), area of modern bothros (D) north of Wall H, Room 3 with tile floor of Cistern J 2:20 (F). Bottom right, foundation blocks (G) under Wall F (now removed).August 2003  
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F 16:8Menon's Cistern and Well5-9 August 1968325-275 B.C. 
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F 17:4Cistern13-23 May 1969225-190 B.C. 
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1997.16.0436 (6-307)Byzantine cistern beyond the northeast corner of the Temple of Hephaistos.June 1936  
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1997.16.0437 (6-308)Byzantine cistern beyond the northeast corner of the Temple of Hephaistos.June 1936  
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1997.17.0008 (80-560)Late pit in cistern (tank room) in the Late Roman Building, before refilling.24 May 1957  
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1997.17.0062 (86-609)View showing the earlier andron of the Central House under the floor of Room 5 of the Omega House. At left, Cistern P 21:4 at 53/ΝΕ in the courtyard.8 May 1971  
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1997.17.0191 (81-188)"Aischinou Street Cistern South (A)" in the Northeast Unit, showing earliest construction around mouth. Deposit L 17:7. Cf. 1997.17.0291.15 May 1958  
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1997.17.0234 (XI-10)Pier in cistern. Deposit K 18:3.February 1937  
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1997.17.0235 (XI-11)Pier in cistern. Deposit K 18:3.February 1937  
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1997.17.0236 (XI-12)Pier in cistern. Deposit K 18:3.February 1937  
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1997.17.0237 (XIII-3)Plan and section of cistern at 20/ΜΒ. Deposit K 18:2.1937  
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1997.17.0238 (XIII-6)Plan and section of cistern at 30/ΝΕ. Deposit K 18:3.1937  
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1997.17.0239 (80-676)Vicinity of Small Building, showing the rectangular cistern. At right, rubble wall covering poros strechers. Arrows indicate small walled pit and archaic pipes. At upper left, part of Small Building.9 Aug 1957  
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1997.17.0240 (80-677)View of the Small Building. At lower right, part of the rectangular cistern.9 Aug 1957  
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1997.17.0245 (XIII-65)Amphoras packed behind well tiles in cistern. Deposit N 20:2.9 Apr 1938  
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1997.17.0290 (80-670)Cistern with cesspool. In foreground, just to right of cistern is the cesspool; at top centre the hydraulic floor and terracotta basin; top right is a modern cistern. Cf. plan in nb. p. 1250.14 Aug 1957  
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1997.17.0291 (80-685)At top center, "Aischinou Street Cistern South (A)" with its hydraulic floor. Pithos and bothros in the foreground. Deposit L 17:7.16 Aug 1957  
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1997.17.0292 (80-686)"Aischinou Street Cistern North (B)", showing the floor with its deep basin (bottom center), the curious construction on the south wall (top center), and the walled passage (left center) after removal of the stones. Deposit L 17:6.16 Aug 1957  
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1997.17.0295 (XIII-5)Plan and section of Cistern System B at 77/Μ (Deposit N 18:3) and 75/ΜΓ (Deposit M-N 18:1).4 May 1937  
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1997.17.0297 (XIII-55)Statue as found in south channel of cistern. Deposit O 19:2.6 Apr 1938  
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1997.17.0298 (XIII-56)Statue as found in south channel of cistern. Deposit O 19:2.6 Apr 1938  
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1997.17.0299 (XIII-8)Plan and section of Cistern System D at 84/ΝΣΤ (Deposit N 19:1) and 79/ΜΗ (Deposit N 18:1).4 Oct 1937  
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1997.18.0117 (80-154)Cistern with storage amphorae as found. View showing mouth of passage leading off to the southwest.30 Apr 1956  
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1997.18.0118 (80-155)Cistern with storage amphorae as found. View looking down from northwest side.30 Apr 1956  
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1997.18.0120 (80-166)Cistern passage with two amphorae at far end, upside down, as found.9 May 1956  
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1997.18.0121 (80-173)View showing settling basin and, at the bottom, the entrance to a short blind tunnel.14 May 1956  
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1997.18.0243 (86-65)Cistern F in Room A10, looking into west tunnel (Deposit F 17:4).23 May 1969  
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1997.18.0244 (86-66)Cistern F in Room A10, looking from west tunnel into main chamber (Deposit F 17:4).23 May 1969  
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1997.12.0313 (LXV-41)Stoa terrace, opposite Piers 11-12. Original intake pipe in position at the west end of the west passage of the cistern. In foreground, top of the cistern passage with one of the poros lining blocks still in place. Cf. Agora XXVII, 1995, p. 133 and pl. 30 (Arch67).6 Apr 1954  
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1997.12.0314 (LXV-60)Cistern system beneath the Stoa terrace, Piers 11-12. North end of the passage leading north. This part is opposite Stoa Piers 13-14.19 Apr 1954  
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1997.12.0315 (LXV-71)Ancient cistern under the Stoa stylobate foundations, opposite Stoa Piers 13-14.4 May 1954  
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1997.12.0316 (LXV-72)Ancient cistern under the Stoa stylobate foundations, opposite Stoa Piers 13-14.4 May 1954  
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1997.13.0061 (84-197)Cistern above the west end of the South Stoa II.August 1965  
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1997.13.0062 (84-198)Cistern above the west end of the South Stoa II.August 1965  
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1997.13.0063 (84-199)Cistern above the west end of the South Stoa II, west side.August 1965  
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1997.13.0064 (84-200)Cistern above the west end of the South Stoa II.August 1965  
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1997.13.0065 (84-204)Cistern at the south end of the east terrace of the east block of the South Square. View of the interior.August 1965  
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1997.13.0066 (84-77)Cistern above the west end of the South Stoa II.23 Jun 1965  
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1997.13.0067 (84-78)Cistern above the west end of the South Stoa II.24 Jun 1965  
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1997.13.0440 (85-649)Marble Worker's House: detail of western area (Area E) with polygonal walls. Orthostates at bottom center. Cistern F 16:1, cistern-well (Deposit F 16:8) and Pit I at center.23 Aug 1968  
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1997.13.0441 (85-650)Marble Worker's House: detail of western area (Area E) with polygonal walls. Orthostates at top center. Cistern F 16:1 (Demeter Cistern) in center. At center left is ΣΤ Drain #1. Cf. House of Mikion and Menon, Hesperia 43 (1974), pp. 194-245 and Hesperia 23 (1954), pp. 87-107.23 Aug 1968  
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1997.13.0442 (85-651)Marble Worker's House: eastern area, view of walls. At lower right is the cistern-well, Deposit F 16:8.23 Aug 1968  
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1997.13.0443 (85-652)Marble Worker's House: western part (area E) at bottom; Cistern F 16:1, cistern-well (Deposit F 16:8) and Pit I in center (Area C); eastern part at top center. Top right angling to center right is road bed.23 Aug 1968  
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1997.13.0444 (85-653)Marble Worker's House: cistern-well (Deposit F 16:8) in courtyard (Area C). The rim of Menon's Well at the bottom of the cistern.23 Aug 1968  
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1997.13.0446 (85-655)Marble Worker's House: eastern area. Lower right is Pit I and cistern-well (Deposit F 16:8).23 Aug 1968  
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1997.13.0448 (85-657)Marble Worker's House: eastern area, view of the walls. Cistern-well (Deposit F 16:8) at center right.23 Aug 1968  
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1997.14.0163 (LVIII-79)Southeast part of the "Heliaia" (now identified as the Aiakeion). In foreground, early steps. Behind them, Late Roman cistern. To right of them, first, east wall of early enclosure, then west wall of Byzantine enclosure with its cross wall.19 Jun 1953  
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1997.14.0164 (LVIII-81)East wall of early enclosure. Foreground, cutting, interrupted by rise in bedrock (possibly for entrance). Then a bit of foundation packing and finally a poros stretcher <i>in situ</i>. Left foreground, early steps. Left background, Late Roman cistern. Right, the west wall of the Byzantine enclosure with its cross-wall in immediate foreground.19 Jun 1953  
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1997.10.0035 (LVIII-74)Late Roman cistern at the west end of the South Stoa.15 Jun 1953  
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1997.10.0036 (LVIII-75)Late Roman cistern at the west end of the South Stoa.15 Jun 1953  
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1997.10.0037 (LVIII-76)Late Roman cistern at the west end of the South Stoa. On the right, ledge of Asteroskopeiou Street. In background, the modern facade of the Church of the Holy Apostles.15 Jun 1953  
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1997.10.0038 (LVIII-77)Late Roman cistern at the west end of the South Stoa.15 Jun 1953  
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1997.11.0156 (87-90)View of the "Cistern Complex" from above showing the interior with west smoke hole in the background.26 Jun 1972  
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1997.12.0270 (88-491)Cistern Q 9-10:1, horizontal and vertical sections.1987  
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1997.15.0319 (8-103)Late Roman reservoir (6th c. A.D.) north of the Klepsydra. The water of the Klepsydra was piped into it near its southwest corner. In foreground, blocks of dromos parapet (Wall A) and the Late Roman Fortification Wall.June 1938  
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1997.15.0320 (80-528)Well showing stone curb built into the cistern mouth.16 May 1957  
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1997.03.0098 (2-29)View of the interior of the cistern.10 Feb 1932  
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1997.03.0099 (2-30)Entrance to the side passage of the cistern.10 Feb 1932  
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1997.03.0105 (8-28)Mouth of cistern behind the Stoa of Zeus.1938  
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1997.03.0106 (XII-92)Plan and section of the cistern in Section Α. Cf. Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 126-129.1938  
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1997.04.0164 (XVI-99)Wells and cisterns to the west of the Tholos, plans and sections (1:250).1938  
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1997.04.0183 (7-121)Modern cistern at right.8-9 March 1937  
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1997.04.0184 (7-140)West end of the modern cistern.8-9 March 1937  
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1997.04.0191 (XIII-7)Plan and section of the cistern at 81/Μ.1937  
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1997.04.0249 (XIII-2)Plan of Cistern A.1935  
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1997.04.0250 (XIII-4)Plan of Hephaisteion Cisterns A + B where the bronze shield taken by the Athenians from the Spartans at Pylos (B 262) was found.1936  
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1997.04.0302 (4-215)Amphorae in cistern to the west of the Bouleuterion.5 May 1934  
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2012.50.1020 (XI-10)Pier in cistern. Deposit K 18:3.February 1937  
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2012.50.1021 (XI-11)Pier in cistern. Deposit K 18:3.February 1937  
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2012.50.1022 (XI-12)Pier in cistern. Deposit K 18:3.February 1937  
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2012.50.1201 (XII-92)Plan and section of the cistern in Section Α. Cf. Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 126-129.1938  
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2012.50.1211 (XIII-2)Plan of Cistern A.1935  
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2012.50.1212 (XIII-3)Plan and section of cistern at 20/ΜΒ. Deposit K 18:2.1937  
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2012.50.1213 (XIII-4)Plan of Hephaisteion Cisterns A + B where the bronze shield taken by the Athenians from the Spartans at Pylos (B 262) was found.1936  
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2012.50.1214 (XIII-5)Plan and section of Cistern System B at 77/Μ (Deposit N 18:3) and 75/ΜΓ (Deposit M-N 18:1).4 May 1937  
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2012.50.1215 (XIII-6)Plan and section of cistern at 30/ΝΕ. Deposit K 18:3.1937  
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2012.50.1216 (XIII-7)Plan and section of the cistern at 81/Μ.1937  
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2012.50.1217 (XIII-8)Plan and section of Cistern System D at 84/ΝΣΤ (Deposit N 19:1) and 79/ΜΗ (Deposit N 18:1).4 Oct 1937  
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2012.50.1264 (XIII-55)Statue as found in south channel of cistern. Deposit O 19:2.6 Apr 1938  
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2012.50.1265 (XIII-56)Statue as found in south channel of cistern. Deposit O 19:2.6 Apr 1938  
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2012.50.1274 (XIII-65)Amphoras packed behind well tiles in cistern. Deposit N 20:2.9 Apr 1938