Tauroctony relief from Kral-Marko

White marble relief (H. 0.40 Br. 0.29–0.34 D. 0.04), found in the ruins of the Roman Castle of Kral-Marko near the village of Koniovo (distr. Küstendil).MMM II 275f No. 134 and fig. 119; Sbornik XVI–XVII 1900, 38 fig. 17; Saxl, fig. 98; Hopkins in Ars Islamica III, 1936, 193 and fig. 6; LeRoy Campbell in Berytus XI, 1954, 50 No. 224. See fig. 621.Mithras as a bullkiller. The serpent creeps over the ground. The raven is perched on the arched upper border and before it seven altars are represented. Cautes (r) and Cautopates (l) are not cross-legged; they hold a pedum in their l. hands and a torch in their r.h…