A Roman Red Ware Jug, Late Imperial c.3rd Century A.D. This North African red slipware pottery jug was made in an area that is now in Tunisia. Roman North Africa was a thriving area, especially in the later part of the Roman period when this jug was produced. Large villas were built and great cities traded from the ports of North Africa, Red Ware from these ports was exported across the Roman Empire. The front applique depicts a man in long loose flowing clothes, holding a staff, and the reverse shows a double handled urn. These scenes are divided by an ornamental up right applique, similar decoration can be seen either side of the moulded handle. This pottery is part of a larger group of Roman pottery called Terra Sigillata. For a related Roman pottery jug dated to the early 3rd Century see A Related Roman Jug at the Metropolitan Museum of Art