Miniature jug
Date2000-700 BC
PeriodTarxien Cemetery, Bronze Age
Classification(s)
Object TypeMiniature jug
Registration Number32230
DescriptionClay miniature container with surviving rim (only 1.5 cm) and a flat base. Has two lugs and part of a handle.MaterialClay
TechniqueFired
Dimensions(H) 10 x (Dia) at base 4 cmCuratorial RemarksFound in the 1940s and donated to Mr Joseph Borg, Ph. C., L.P., of No. 3, Princess Margaret Street, Msida, during WWII by one of his patients. Mr Borg was a pharmacist. He then donated them to the Museums Department on 31.10.1955. Donation No. 917.
The jug contains two handwritten labels recording the provenance.ProvenanceSite of the previous Victoria Power Station, today Triq Sir Arturo Mercieca, Victoria, Gozo.Published ReferencesJ.D. Evans, The Prehistoric Antiquities of the Maltese Islands: a survey, University of London 1971, Vol. 1 p.233, Vol. 2 Plate 63.Alternate ID Numbers
- HM Object Number 32230
- Other HM Registration Number VP/P2
Public Access
On viewLocation
- Gozo Museum of Archaeology, First Floor, Room 5 - Bronze Age, Showcase 8
