/internal/media/dispatcher/25225/full32237Miniature jugContainersTarxien Cemetery, Bronze Age2000-700 BC-2000-700Clay miniature container with surviving rim and flat base. One complete handle.Found 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 a small label recording the provenance.Site of the previous Victoria Power Station, today Triq Sir Arturo Mercieca, Victoria, Gozo.(H) 5.6 x (Dia) at base 2.6 cmGozo Museum of ArchaeologyGozo Museum of Archaeology, First Floor, Room 5 - Bronze Age, Showcase 8VP/P4322371Miniature jugJ.D. Evans, The Prehistoric Antiquities of the Maltese Islands: a survey, University of London 1971, Vol. 1 p.233, Vol. 2 Plate 63.Heritage Malta1532ClayFired