Pottery, Arretine

found: Britannica academic edition website, 16 Jan. 2014(terra sigillata ware: bright-red, polished pottery used throughout the Roman Empire from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD; other names for the ware are Samian ware (a misnomer, since it has nothing to do with the island of Samos) and Arretine ware (which, properly speaking, should be restricted to that produced at Arretium (modern Arezzo, Italy), the original centre of production and source of the best examples)

found: Wikipedia, 16 Dec. 2014:under terra sigillata (terra sigillata as an archaeological term refers chiefly to a specific type of plain and decorated tableware made in Italy and in Gaul (France and the Rhineland) during the Roman Empire; the products of the Italian workshops are also known as Arretine ware; the wares made in the Gaulish factories are often referred to by English-speaking archaeologists as samian ware)