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Opuscula Atheniensia 17

Contents

Paul Åström, Katie Demakopoulou & Gisela Walberg, ‘Excavations in Midea 1985’, pp. 7–11.

Valerie Cook, ‘Cyprus and the outside world during the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age’, pp. 13–32.

Kåre Fagerström, ‘Fnds, function and plan: a contribution to the interpretation of Iron Age Nichoria in Messenia’, pp. 33–50.

Arne Furumark (†), ‘Linear A and Minoan religion’, pp. 51–90.

Heinz-Eberhard Giesecke, ‘Kretische Schurze’, pp. 91–98.

Robin Hägg, ‘The last ceremony in the Throne Room at Knossos’, pp. 99–105.

Pontus Hellström, ‘The planned function of the Mnesiklean Propylaia’, pp. 107–121.

Bente Kiilerich, ‘Bluebeard—a snake-tailed Geryon?’, pp. 123–136.

Nanno Marinatos, ‘The “African” of Thera reconsidered’, pp. 137–141.

Susana Sjödin, ‘Bronze Age pottery sherds from Cyprus. Further supplementary material from Kalopsidha trench 9’, pp. 143–165.

Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, ‘”Myth” and history: on Herodotus III.48 and 50–53’, pp. 167–182.

Colette Verlinden, ‘Réflexions sur la function et la production des figurines anthropomorphes Minoennes en bronze’, pp. 183–189.

Anna Wærn-Sperber, ‘Mössbauer spectroscopy and quantitative chemical analyses of Early Cypriote black-topped pottery. A preliminary investigation’, pp. 191–197.

Gisela Walberg, ‘Was Evans right? Further notes on Middle Minoan chronology’, pp. 199–201.

Örjan Wikander, ‘Ancient roof-tiles—use and function’, pp. 203–216.

Ingeborg Zehbe, ‘Ein “megarischer” Reliefbecher von Asine’, pp. 217–224.

Miscellanea

Birgitta Leppänen, ‘A Ptolemaic marble head in the possession of Uppsala University’, pp. 225–228.

Tullia Linders, ‘Kerchnos and kerchnion—not kernos but granulation’, pp. 229­–230.

Charlotte Scheffer, ‘Marine fauna—an unusual motif in Athenian black figure’, pp. 231–234.

Robin Hägg, ‘The Swedish Institute at Athens. Report for the academic years 1984–85 and 1985–86’, pp. 235–239.

‘Guide for contributors to Opuscula Atheniensia and Opuscula Romana’, pp. 241–243.

Bibliographical information

Brita Alroth, ed., Opuscula Atheniensia 18 (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Athen, 4°, 37), Stockholm 1988. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 978-91-7916-000-5. Soft cover: 243 pages.