‖ sigillata
(sɪdʒɪˈleɪtə, sɪgɪˈlɑːtə)
Also Sigillata.
[L., = sealed: see terra sigillata.]
= terra sigillata 3. Also attrib.
| 1903 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. VII. 485 This study of the origin of the Gallo-Roman sigillata is preliminary to a complete publication. 1936 J. H. Iliffe (title) Sigillata wares in the Near East. 1938 Burlington Mag. Jan. p. xiv/2 Southern Spain has already been known as one of the chief pottery centres of the Roman Empire... But that ‘sigillata-ware’ was actually made there is not so clear. 1948 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. XIV. 79 Sea-borne trade with the Province is shown by a sherd of Sigillata. 1966 G. Simpson in Oswald & Pryce Introd. Study of Terra Sigillata (ed. 2) p. iii, No attempt was made originally to give an exhaustive description of varieties of Sigillata which had no definite chronological value. |