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Ceramics > Pottery > Terra sigillata

Preferred term

Terra sigillata  

Definition

  • Roman half-glossy red earthenware, usually decorated in relief and marked (`sealed') with impressed potters' marks; first made in Gaul; imitated in Europe, 16th-17th cs.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • ANCIENT BUCCAROS
  • GAULISH POTTERY
  • Red-gloss ware
  • ROMAN RED-GLOSS WARE
  • Samian ware
  • Sigillata ware
  • Western sigillata ware

Notation

  • 111101

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-HXHK746P-3

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