A Late Hellenistic to Early Roman production of red-gloss wares, or terra sigillata, based in (western?) Cyprus and perhaps extending onto the adjacent mainland. Manufacture and distribution in eastern Mediterranean from the Aegean to the Levant between 1st century BCE and late 2nd century. CE. Fine but “muddy“ fabric fired orange red to brownish red or purple, containing sparse lime lumps, bearing thin wash slightly darker than fabric and sometimes with a metallic luster. Range of simple forms.