The preeminent production of red-slipped pottery across the Mediterranean basin during the 3rd to 6th centuries, though manufacture began in the mid-late 1st century and continued deep into the 7th. Workshops active across Tunisia and into western Libya, or Roman Africa and Tripolitania. Slightly granular fabric, with mostly calcareous and quartzitic inclusions, with an often even, smooth (polished), orangish red slip. Material properties vary significantly between production centers over time. Wide range of open-form table wares—bowls, dishes, plates—and rare closed forms. Distinct repertoire of stamped motifs and rouletting adorn especially later vessels, and rarely appliqué and molding. Potters overseas copied or imitated ARS forms across the provinces, including those at Athens and Corinth during the Middle to Late Roman era (q.v.) Parallel production of finely made African red-slip lamps during Late Antiquity (q.v.).