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Categories: Types of pottery decoration, Ancient Roman pottery, Medicinal clay, History of ancient medicine
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terra sigillata  Samian ware  Aretine ware  Arezzo ware  Arrentine ware
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Terra sigillata is a term with at least three distinct meanings: as a description of medieval medicinal earth; in archaeology, as a general term for some of the fine red Ancient Roman pottery with glossy surface slips made in specific areas of the Roman Empire; and more recently, as a description of a contemporary studio pottery technique supposedly inspired by ancient pottery. Wikipedia
A form of terra sigillata tableware made in ancient Gaul. Wiktionary
A type of fine, red Roman pottery made from the first to the third centuries AD in Gaul. Wiktionary
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