Major production of the red-gloss wares, or terra sigillata, based in western Asia Minor, in particular the area of Tralles. Range of elaborate forms, though simplifying over time, under strong influence from western imports. Fine, light red to gray fabric, micaceous, with thick, soapy, glossy slip. Manufacture and distribution in Aegean basin between very late 1st century BCE and end 2nd/early 3rd century CE.