/internal/media/dispatcher/25252/full32243Miniature jugContainersTarxien Cemetery, Bronze Age2000-700 BC-2000-700Miniature clay container with surviving rim, flat base and part of the handle. Two lugs are applied on the shoulder on the opposite side of the 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) 3.9 x (Dia) at top 2.6; at base 1.9 cmGozo Museum of ArchaeologyGozo Museum of Archaeology, First Floor, Room 5 - Bronze Age, Showcase 8VP/P15322431Miniature 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 Malta1538ClayFired32243_00232243_0032525225253