/internal/media/dispatcher/24658/full32113Carinated bowlContainersTarxien phase, Late Neolithic3800-2000 BC-3800-2000Large 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.The 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.Santa Verna(H) 12 x (Dia) 27.5 cmGozo Museum of ArchaeologyGozo Museum of Archaeology, Ground Floor, Room 2 - Neolithic, Showcase 332113V/P11Carinated bowlJ.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.Heritage Malta1411ClayFired