Watch List notes:

Roman North African Terracotta Oil Lamp with Treehouse Scene; Roman North African Terracotta Oil Lamp with Treehouse Scene, ca. 4th-5th Century AD. The discus scene portrays a man sounding his horn in a "watch-hut", a dog chasing a rabbit, and a thief hanging from the hut with grapes around his neck. This may illustrate one of the biblical parables of the vineyard in Mathew 21:33-43 and the song of the vineyard in Isaiah 5:1-7. There is an appointed watchman for the hut above a vineyard. He sounds his horn to chase a thief away. Maybe a metaphor for Christ notifying his people of the wandering devil. (Adapted from "Light From the Age of Augustine" #51). Filling holes on either side of scene, long channeled nozzle. Private Collection, Oregon, acquired 1980s. L. 5.4" W. 3.1" D. 1.5" (13.8 cm x 8 cm x 3.8 cm)..