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Meanings of samian ware in English

Spanish
terra sigillata
Wikidata

Earthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnos.

terra sigillata
Wikidata

Type of Ancient Roman pottery.

Usage of samian ware in English
1
I found the pottery, and picked out fragments of Samian ware; the bank is from three to nine feet deep in them.
In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
2
Fragments of Samian ware and carved marble have been found in them, but are probably later than the construction of these habitations.
Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
3
It is most natural to suppose that, like the Gaulish Samian ware-whichis imitative in just the same fashion-theyare local products.]
The Romanization of Roman Britain
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