CIMRM 186 - Amor/Eros and Psyche. S. Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
See also: CIMRM 180 Mithraeum; 181 Tauroctony fresco; 182 Fresco of Cautes, altar, trees; 183 Fresco of Cautopates; 184 Fresco of Luna; 185 Unknown - Aion?; 186 Relief of Amor and Psyche; 187 Initiation ceremony 1; 188 Initiation ceremony 2; 189 A person in red, kneeling; 190 Standing person with 2 others; 191 Initiation ceremony 3; 192 Two more people; 193 Initiation ceremony 5; 194 Initiation ceremony 4; 195 Another figure; 196 Two damaged scenes; 197 Heads only of two people; 198 Small finds from sanctuary; 199 Small finds from antechamber;
186. White marble relief (H. 0.32 Br. 0.39) in a recess in the Southern wall above the water-basin of the podium.
Reitzenstein in ARW 1930, 42ff and fig. IS; Minto, 367 and fig. 9. See fig. 56.
The nude winged child Amor seizes the arm of the bigger Psyche, also winged, to lead her away in the light of his torch. The girl lifts a part of her diaphanous dress. The whole is set in a red frame.
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