ocr: it appeared in the first century B.C. and was copied, at least indirectly, from the decorated Hellenistic wares of Syria and Egypt; a single fragment of such a foreign vessel has been found at Petra. The earliest examples have leaved patterns painted in red in a light, free-flowing style, but gradually (probably in the first and second centuries A.D.) the designs became more stylized and the brush technique heavier. The final stage of development (which cannot be firmly dated at present) found the pottery itself and the decoration much coarser and heavier. This degenerate style may have had so ...
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