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Although there were many types of fine pottery, for example drinking vessels in very delicate and thin-walled wares, and pottery finished with vitreous lead glazes, the major class is the Roman red-gloss ware of Italy and Gaul make, and widely traded, from the 1st century BC to the late 2nd century AD, and traditionally known as terra sigillata ...
Matthew Fittock, an expert of ancient Roman ceramics, explained that “pipeclay figurines were mainly used by civilians for private religious practice in domestic shrines and occasionally in ...
Roman glass from the 2nd century Enamelled glass depicting a gladiator, found at Begram, Afghanistan, which was once part of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, but was ruled by the Kushan Empire during the contemporaneous Roman Principate period, to which the glass belongs, 52–125 AD (although there is some scholarly debate about the precise dating).
Scholars of ancient Roman pottery (7 P) Pages in category "Ancient Roman pottery" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old clay head that once belonged to a Roman figurine of the god Mercury. The unusual find provides new context about life in Roman Britain.
Roman red gloss terra sigillata bowl with relief decoration Terra sigillata beaker with barbotine decoration. 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 ...
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Decorated Nene Valley Roman Pottery, Wisbech Museum Nene Valley Colour Coated Ware (or Castor Ware [1]) is a type of Romano-British ceramic produced in the lower Nene Valley centred on Durobrivae (Water Newton) [2] from the mid-2nd to 4th centuries AD.