A great deal is known about Greek and Roman statuary bronzes from the standpoint of art, but very little is known about them from the standpoint of chemical composition. Only a few analyses have been made, and most of these are analyses of objects of uncertain or unknown provenance. Our information concerning the composition of Greek statuary bronze is especially meager. By a fortunate chance several bronze objects and fragments of bronze objects were found about fifteen years ago in the filling of an abandoned ancient well in the Agora, or ancient market place, at Athens, Greece, and two of the objects, both of them statuettes, were given for chemical investigation after attempts at restoration were unsuccessful. Both were badly corroded, but each contained a substantial core of essentially uncorroded metal from which samples suitable for microscopic examination and chemical analysis could be taken.