Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Mediterranean (Early Western World)
7. Ancient Italian
8. ancient Italian pottery styles
9. Roman pottery styles

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to distinctive style of pottery manufactured beginning in the first century BCE. Though the name refers to the city of Pergamon, it was actually produced in many places in Greece, Asia Minor, and the Middle East. It is characterized by a buff-colored body that varies in color, a dark-red gloss, and designs that are usually impressed or incised.