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From
the beginning of the
1st century, we begin
to find the first production
of terra sigillata pottery
and pottery made from
powdered rock, as was
produced throughout the
rest of Gaul. These ceramics
coexisted with more regional
varieties imitating Italian
varieties made from terra
nigra or beige clay with
red coating.
In
the second century sigillate
pottery was in the ascendancy
with a series of original
designs largely originating
from the Loire and manufactured
in the workshops of Theseus
Pouillus.
The
Champ de l'Image necropolis
has provided us with a
selection of samples of
the shapes used in Argentomagus
in the second half of the
2nd century and the beginning
of the 3rd: rounded dishes
with oblique sides, tripod
bowls, oval vases and other
sigillate pottery originating
from workshops at Lezoux
in the centre of Gaul.
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Argentomagus, du site
gaulois à la ville gallo-romaine,
G. Coulon et Coll. © Editions
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