Late Roman Period. North African cylindrical amphorae (used between 3rd to 6th century AD) and two from the Maltese Islands, with low handles on shoulders and rounded bases. Found in 1961 from the site of a 5th century AD shipwreck at the mouth of Xlendi Bay (island of Gozo, Malta). Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadela of Victoria in Gozo. Malta.

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