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CIMRM 184 - Fresco of Luna. 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;

Wall painting of Luna/Moon driving a chariot across the night sky on the wall opposite of the wall painting of Mithras slaying the bull at the mithraeum at Capua, Italy. By Michael Fuller from here.

Detail of the horse with head down in the wall painting of Luna/Moon driving a chariot across the night sky on the wall opposite of the wall painting of Mithras slaying the bull at the mithraeum at Capua, Italy. By Michael Fuller from here.

CIMRM entry

184.
Fresco on the East wall.
Minto, 363f and fig. 6; Campanile, fig. 3. See fig. 55.
In an arch-shaped frame the representation of Luna, seated in a biga. She is dressed in a green tunica, leaving the brownish back uncovered. Of the horses, which are driven with the aid of whip and reins, the darkish one with drooping head is moving already, whereas the grey horse, turning its head towards the goddess, seems to be waiting for a signal.

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