English Dictionary

terra sigillata

/ˌtɛɹə ˌsɪdʒɪˈleɪtə/

noun

A type of astringent earth or clay originally from the Greek islands, formerly used as a medicine and antidote.

The archaeologists found a piece of terra sigillata pottery at the excavation site.

意味（1）

A type of astringent earth or clay originally from the Greek islands, formerly used as a medicine and antidote.

Terra sigillata (sealed earth) was a greasy clay, containing silica, alumina, chalk, magnesia and oxide of iron, found on the Greek islands of Lemnos, Melos and Samos.

意味（2）

(archaeology) A type of fine, red Roman pottery made from the first to the third centuries AD in Gaul.