Opuscula 8 (2015) is now available for purchase and free download at Bokorder.se. Also available at Amazon.com, Bokus.com and Adlibris.com. The Charitonidis Class: A group of large Athenian Late Protogeometric skyphoi By John K. Papadopoulos Abstract This article assembles and publishes a group of distinctive large Athenian Late Protogeometric skyphoi. Aspects of shape and decoration are fully discussed, so too the evidence for establishing the date of the group, as well as their distribution. The group, if not the potter, is named after the man who published two complete examples of the class from the South Slope of the Athenian Acropolis: Serapheim Charitonidis. Bibliographical information John K. Papadopoulos, ‘The Charitonidis Class: A group of large Athenian Late Protogeometric skyphoi’, Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome (OpAthRom) 8, Stockholm 2015, 7–26. ISSN: 2000-0898. ISBN: 978-91-977798-7-6. https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-08-02

Opuscula 3 (2010) is now available for purchase and free download at Bokorder.se. Also available at Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Bokus.com, and Adlibris.com. The bronze headbands of prehistoric Lofkënd and their Aegean and Balkan connections By John K. Papadopoulos Abstract This paper begins with an overview of the bronze headbands from the prehistoric (Late Bronze to Early Iron Age) burial tumulus of Lofkënd in Albania, which were found among the richest tombs of the cemetery, all of them of young females or children. It is argued that these individuals represent a class of the special dead, those who have not attained a critical rite de passage: marriage. In their funerary attire these individuals go to the grave as brides, married to death. The significance of the Lofkënd headbands is reviewed, as is their shape and decoration, but it is their context that contributes to a better understanding of Aegean examples, including the many bronze, gold, and silver headbands found in tombs from the Early Bronze Age through the Early Iron Age, as well as those dedicated as votive offerings in sanctuaries. In addition to discussing the evidence for headbands in the Aegean and much of southeast Europe, this paper also attempts to…

Out of print. Available for free download, use links below. Used copies might be available at Amazon.com and Amazon.de. View this volume at ERIH PLUS. Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 1, 2008 Contents ‘Front matter‘, 1–6 Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, Monica Nilsson, Ann-Louise Schallin, with an appendix by Kalliopi Nikita, ‘Excavations in Midea 2006’, 7–30 https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-01-02 John K. Papadopoulos, ‘The Archaic wall of Athens. Reality or myth?’, 31–46 https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-01-03 Anton Bonnier, ‘Epineia kai limenes. The relationship between harbours and cities in ancient Greek texts’, 47–61 https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-01-04 Fabrizio Vistoli, ‘Una nuova acquisizione di ceramica “white-on red” dall’ager Veientanus’, 63–77 https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-01-05 Ola Wikander, ‘The religio-social message of the gold tablets of Pyrgi’, 79–84 https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-01-06 This contribution is only available in print. Milette Gaifmann, ‘Visualized rituals and dedicatory inscriptions on votive offerings to the Nymphs’, 85–103 https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-01-07 Gabriella Barbieri, ‘Materiali inediti da Sovana. Alcuni corredi funerari dalla necropoli di San Sebastiano’, 105–122 https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-01-08 This contribution is only available in print. Maria Gabriella Scapaticci, ‘Nuovi dati sul popolamento nella pianura di Tarquinia durante la romanizzazione. Il caso della località “Il Giglio”‘, 123–135 https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-01-09 Paavo Roos, ‘A forgotten tomb at Hippokome and its neighbours’, 137–144 https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-01-10 Henrik Gerding, ‘Reconsidering the…