Eros and Psyche

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. 15; 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.

White marble relief inserted above a water basin in the podium’s Mithraeum. The relief which was carefully framed with a red border, represents a nude winged child Eros with a flaming torch in his outstretched left hand…