A possibly Christian burial of the late Roman period discovered in a quarry at Ta' Sannat, Gozo

Abstract

According to the Museum Annual Report for the years 1928-9, the Police Occurrences Register for the period 20/12/1928- 9/4/1929, and Public Works correspondence for the period 5/9/1928 - 3/4/1929, a burial was discovered in a quarry at Ta' Sannat on 7th January 1929. The report of the discovery was initially received by Mr Edward Borg Cardona, the District Engineer Public Works Department (Gozo). Together with Supt. E. Galea, he immediately visited the site and gave instructions to halt works and for the site to also submitted to the Director of Museums. The burial yielded a small jar, an oenochoe (wine-jug), and a red clay lamp close to a heap of human bones. This is probably what was seen by Prof. Terni Zammit, the Archaeology section curator, when six days later (on 13th January), accompanied by Mr Edward Borg Cardona, he examined the site and the finds that had been lifted from the tomb.