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earthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnos

earthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnos

A lustrous ware (like dull-red sealing-wax) with relief ornaments, originally made in Samos, afterwards in Italy, Gaul, Germany; found throughout the Roman empire. See Aretine ware.