{"id":18159,"date":"2026-07-27T10:47:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T10:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cursist-courses.com\/terra-sigillata\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T18:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:45:04","slug":"terra-sigillata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cursist-courses.com\/en\/terra-sigillata\/","title":{"rendered":"Terra sigillata"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18159\" class=\"elementor elementor-18159 elementor-1240\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b8c1e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b8c1e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f188551\" data-id=\"f188551\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f7649 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11f7649\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That&#8217;s because this Roman tableware often had names or decorations stamped onto them.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the name is used for clay slip made from iron-rich river clay, which is applied to leather-hard clay. 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