Opuscula 18
Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome
Published: 2025-11-19

Newly published: Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, vol. 18, 2025.
Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 18, 2025.
Opuscula 18 is published by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. View volume at ERIH PLUS.
Contents
The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition: The 2023 and 2024 excavations at the Late Bronze Age cemetery of Hala Sultan Tekke. Preliminary results
By Peter M. Fischer & Rainer Feldbacher with contributions by Teresa Bürge, Jaris Darwin, Ane Dybkjær, Ropertos Georgiou, Sorin Hermon, Dominika Kofel, Kirsi O. Lorentz, Yuko Miyauchi, Raphael Moreau, Rahaf Orabi & Valentina Vassallo, pp. 7–84.
The Palamas Archaeological Project 2024. A preliminary report of the Greek–Swedish collaboration in the municipality of Palamas, region of Karditsa, Thessaly
By Maria Vaïopoulou, Robin Rönnlund, Fotini Tsiouka, Johan Klange, Derek Pitman, Ian Randall, Hilde van der Heul, Danai Kalogerini Samouri, Kleoniki Tserga & Rich Potter, pp. 85–121.
The Ancient Pergamos Project. Fieldwork report for 2024
By Patrik Klingborg, Georgia Galani, Stavroula Dadaki & Penelope Malama, pp. 123–143.
A possible new ritual scene from the Mycenaean settlement at Kontopigado, Athens
By Eleftheria Kardamaki, pp. 145–158.
The workings of treasuries in Greek sanctuaries
By Judith M. Barringer, pp. 159–183.
The Etruscan missing link. Traces of Italy’s oldest bridge construction?
By Yvonne Backe Forsberg & Richard Holmgren with contributions by Roberto Crocetti, pp. 185–205.
Etruscan and Roman roof-tiles. Paralipomena
By Örjan Wikander, pp. 207–229.
A Late Roman Amphora I workshop in Kazanlı, ancient Cilicia Pedias
By Sabri Arıcı & Erkan Alkaç, pp. 231–245.
Illustrating scientific archaeology in the late 18th century. Carl Fredrik Fredenheim’s excavation in the Roman Forum, 1788–1789
By Susan M. Dixon, pp. 247–266.
Book reviews
Review of Z. Pitz, Le Bestiaire sacrificiel dans les normes rituelles grecques (Kernos Supplément 43), Liège: Presses universitaires de Liège 2024
By Filippo Lepori, pp. 267–268.
Review of G. Woolf, I. Bultrighini & C. Norman, eds, Sanctuaries and experience. Knowledge, practice and space in the ancient world (Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge 83), Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag 2024
By Gunnel Ekroth, pp. 269–270.
Review of G. Jansen, A.O. Koloski-Ostrow & R. Neudecker, eds, Sixty-six toilets and urinals in the ancient city of Rome. Sanitary, urbanistic, and social agency (Babesch Supplements 48), Leuven, Paris & Bristol, Connecticut: Peeters 2024
By Patrik Klingborg, pp. 271–2272.
Review of A. Collar & T. Myrup Kristensen, eds, Pilgrims in place, pilgrims in motion. Sacred travel in the ancient Mediterranean, Aarhus: Aarhus University Press 2024
By Dimitris Grigoropoulos, pp. 272–274.
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More about Opuscula
ISSN: 2000-0898
Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome is published annually by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome. First issued in 2008 (no. 1), Opuscula replaces the annuals Opuscula Atheniensia and Opuscula Romana published by the Swedish Institute at Athens and the Swedish Institute in Rome respectively.
Opuscula is a refereed periodical, published in colour and available in print and in electronic format six months after publication.
The annual contains articles within Classical Archaeology, Ancient History, Art, Architecture and Philology, as well as book reviews within these subjects. Reports of fieldwork carried out under the supervision of the Institutes at Athens and Rome are regularly reported on in the Opuscula.
The annual welcomes contributions pertaining to the ancient Mediterranean world (prehistory to Late Antiquity) and the Classical tradition and drawing on archaeological, historical and philological studies; contributions dealing with later periods in the areas, especially in the fields of art, architecture, history and cultural heritage are also welcome.
The bibliographical abbreviation for Opuscula is OpAthRom.
Deadline for submissions to Opuscula is 1 November each year. All authors should consult ECSI Guides for Contributors (see Author resources) before submitting their manuscripts. Manuscript are submitted to the Secretary of the Editorial board (see Contact).





