Early Roman Period. Italic amphorae used for the transportation of wine (vinariae) between the 2nd and the 1st century BC. Found in 1961 at the site of a shipwreck during the 2nd century BC, at the mouth of Xlendi bay, Gozo Island. Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadela of Victoria in Gozo. Malta.

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