Terra sigillata

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title: Terra sigillata
text: 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. Usually roughly translated as 'sealed earth', the meaning of 'terra sigillata' is 'clay bearing little images', not 'cl
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description: Types of pottery; also, medieval medicinal earth
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_sigillata
date created: 2004-07-07T21:07:06Z
date modified: 2024-09-05T04:11:52Z
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