Carinated bowl
Date3800-2000 BC
PeriodTarxien phase, Late Neolithic
Classification(s)
Object TypeCarinated bowl
Registration Number32113
DescriptionLarge carinated bowl with rolled rim and rounded base, of relatively soft grey ware, smoothed but not highly polished. Two small lugs survive on its sides. Incised geometric decoration carried out after firing and consists of a festoon pattern above the carination and loops and spirals on the lower part. It is heavily reconstructed.MaterialClay
TechniqueFired
Dimensions(H) 12 x (Dia) 27.5 cmCuratorial RemarksThe artefact was given the catalogue number V/P1, with V standing for Santa Verna (instead of the usual SV). This was very probably the system adopted by Thomas Ashby who excavated the site.ProvenanceSanta VernaPublished ReferencesJ.D. Evans, The Prehistoric Antiquities of the Maltese Islands: a survey, University of London 1971, Vol. 1 p.189, Vol. 2 Plate 62 n.9.T. Ashby, R.N. Bradley, T.E. Peet and N. Tagliaferro, Excavations in 1908-11 in various megalithic buildings in Malta and Gozo, British School at Rome, VI, 1913.
Alternate ID Numbers
- HM Object Number 32113
- Other HM Registration Number V/P1
Public Access
On viewLocation
- Gozo Museum of Archaeology, Ground Floor, Room 2 - Neolithic, Showcase 3
