During the Early Roman period, Judean potters produced a distinctive, elaborately decorated table ware decorated with floral and geometric motifs. The vessels were painted in a freestyle with a large variety of motifs and compositions. The Judaean painted ware (JPW) is part of a larger phenomenon as seen from products of similar workshops operating in southern Israel and Jordan associated with the Nabateans (Perlman, et al. 1986; Gunneweg, et al. 1988; Rosenthal-Heginbottom 2019: 154). The most common shape was a shallow, thin-walled bowls; jugs and juglets were also produced. Two decorative groups are known: a red-light brown paint on cream color and a darker version with dark to gray paint applied on light gray pottery. The forms of the JPW bowls are identical to plain, undecorated thin-walled bowls. All have an incurved rim and some have an inner depression on their bottom. The JPW closed vessels come in a variety of shapes as jugs with shelf rim, juglets with thickened rim and juglets with rounded loop handles.

Jerusalem Painted Ware
Pseudo-Nabatean Ware 

Jerusalem, Western wall plaza , Straus House (Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands)

Jerusalem, City of David (Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands)