Miniature double jug
Date2000-700 BC
PeriodTarxien Cemetery, Bronze Age
Classification(s)
Object TypeMiniature double jug
Registration Number32245
DescriptionTwo miniature jugs connected at the handles and at the lower part of the body, with rounded bases and everted rim. Decorated with incised geometric patterns. Each has a small lug in the lower part of the body. MaterialClay
TechniqueFired
Dimensions(H) 7.7 x (W) 8.3 x (L) 14.4) x (Dia) at top 5.4, at base 3.4 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.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 32245
- Other HM Registration Number VP/P1
Public Access
On viewLocation
- Gozo Museum of Archaeology, First Floor, Room 5 - Bronze Age, Showcase 8
