ABSTRACT
The trajectory of the category of 2nd century Lezoux sigillata continued beyond distribution and exchange as discussed in chapter 4. This final chapter explores how sigillata’s definition as a category set further possibilities for how its production knowledge could be transferred, and how the pots could be consumed. The previous chapter has introduced the importance of the relation between sigillata and ‘Rhenish’ wares, as well as the notion that not every product was defined as a homogeneous and bounded category. Third century Trier ‘Rhenish’ wares, for example, were not the same always and everywhere. Instead, they were characterised by variability, but also by a defining relation to the locality and physicality of the production place and process. This chapter will contrast how the ‘categorical’ 2nd century Central Gaulish sigillata and the ‘rooted’ 3rd century Trier ‘Rhenish’ wares shaped their respective possibilities for reproduction and consumption.
