Red Slip Roman Pottery from Tabae

This study covers a group of red slip Roman pottery unearthed in the ancient Tabae, in the settlement of Kale, province of Denizli. These red slip potteries consist of different types of terra-sigillata, known as typical ceramics of the Roman period, in the eastern provinces of Roman Empire. These potteries also, more commonly called as Eastern Sigillatas, which are consist of a separate and qualified group among the Roman potteries of Tabae. Even if there are some broken or cracked samples, most of them are consisting of complete, which are evaluated as inventory samples. In the context of this brief study, these Eastern Sigillatas which are recovered in Tabae were divided into different groups in terms of clay and form, and they were also tried to be dated by analogical evaluations. According to this, it is understood that the majority of red slipped potteries from Tabae are originated from Western Anatolia and imported from many Roman centers from here. All of these indicate that the ancient city of Tabae is an important settlement in its geography during the Roman period, and has a close commercial relationship with other Roman settlements around it