CIMRM 1468 - Tauroctony of Valerius Marcelianus. Pregrade, Croatia.

From: Twitter Relief showing Mithra killing the bull, erected by Valerius Marcelianus; found by a farmer at a depth of 30cm in 1941 at Pregrade (Croatia); 3rd century AD. Zagreb Archaeological Museum. 27 Nov 2017. Tom Ljevar.

CIMRM entry

PREGRADE
1468.
Marble relief (H. 0.44 Br. 0.51 D. 0.05-0.068). Found in Dolnjoj Plemenscini near Pregrade.
I am obliged to the Director of the Museum Dr. Z. Vinski for the permission to take photographs and to publish the find. Zagreb, Arch. Museum (Inv. No. 16).
M. Seper in Vjesnik XXII-XXIII, 1942-3, 7ff and fig. 5. See fig. 373.
Primitive representation of Mithras in a grotto. Dog and serpent near the wound; the scorpion is not represented in the usual place, but before the serpent. Above the arch there is the raven. On either side a torchbearer with uplifted torches in both hands. Not cross-legged. In the upper corners in a quadrangular border the busts of Luna in crescent (l) and of Sol in a radiate crown (r). Fourth cent. A.D. according to Seper.
In the bottom rim an inscription:
1469.
Sasel, Inscr. Jug., No. 138.
L.H.0.025.
I(nvicto) D(eo) O(rienti) O(mnipotenti) Val(erius) Marceli/anus ex voto l(ibens) l(aetus) p(osuit).