arretine ware — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : red terracotta ware usually decorated in relief made at Arretium and elsewhere in Italy from about 100 B.C. to about A.D. 100 called also Samian ware, terra sigillata * * * /ar euh tuyn , teen / a red glazed… … Useful english dictionary
Arretine ware — /ar euh tuyn , teen / a red glazed terracotta pottery produced in Tuscany from 100 B.C. to A.D. 100 and widely traded. Also called terra sigillata. [1775 85; < L Arretinus, deriv. of Arretium (modern Arezzo), a town in Tuscany where such pottery… … Universalium
Ware (disambiguation) — Ware can refer to:People* Andre Ware, American football quarterback * Charles Pickard Ware (1849–1921), American educator and folk music transcriber * Charles R. Ware, American naval officer * Caroline F. Ware, American historian and social… … Wikipedia
Samian ware — noun earthenware made from the reddish brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnos • Syn: ↑terra sigillata • Hypernyms: ↑earthenware * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized S : arretine ware * * * a red glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gau … Useful english dictionary
Samian ware — is a kind of bright red Roman pottery also known as terra sigillata (although this is not quite correct, on the continental mainland, terra sigillata refers to both samian and Arretine wares). It is similar to the earlier Arretine ware and both… … Wikipedia
terra sigillata ware — ▪ Roman pottery bright red, polished pottery used throughout the Roman Empire from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD. The term means literally ware made of clay impressed with designs. Other names for the ware are Samian ware (a… … Universalium
Samian ware — a red glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley A.D. 100 300 and copied from Arretine ware. Also called terra sigillata. [1835 45; after classical references to a type of pottery produced at Samos, perh. an imitation of… … Universalium
pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… … Universalium
Sources of ancient Tamil history — There are literary, archaeological, epigraphic and numismatic sources of ancient Tamil history. The foremost among these sources is the Sangam literature, generally dated to the last centuries BCE to early centuries CE. The poems in Sangam… … Wikipedia
terra sigillata — Also called Samian pottery, terra sigillata is a Mediterranean ceramic ware decorated with relief figures, first produced about 300 BCE, having evolved from the Etruscan s black pottery called bucchero ware. Terra sigillata is Latin, literally … Glossary of Art Terms
