Monumentum
Mithraeum of Tiddis
The Mithraeum was housed in a cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is enough space for a possible adjacent temple.
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21 May 2021
Updated on 24 Mar 2022
Entrance to the Mithraeum of Tiddis
James Patterson
Inscription at the Mithraeum of Tiddis
James Patterson
Phallus cock from Tiddis Mithraeum
James Patterson
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Inscription fixed into a wall beside a cave, hewn out in the rock. This cave lies about 40 meters South of the gate of Tiddis-Kheneg along the paved main-road.
L.H. 0.05-0.03.
I(nvicto) M(ithrae) cultore/s de suo a s/olo / (a)edifi[c]arun(t).
Berthier believes, that the Mithraeum has been in the cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is room enough for a possible adjacent temple.
Also a phallos was found here, represented on a piece of rock in the form of parallelepiped (H. 0.49).
L.H. 0.05-0.03.
I(nvicto) M(ithrae) cultore/s de suo a s/olo / (a)edifi[c]arun(t).
Berthier believes, that the Mithraeum has been in the cave. The vault is almost dome-shaped and in front of the cave there is room enough for a possible adjacent temple.
Also a phallos was found here, represented on a piece of rock in the form of parallelepiped (H. 0.49).
Data
- Location
Tiddis, NumidiaRes eddar, Bni Hamden (Algeria) - Latitude and longitude 6.48378929,36.4629338
- Type
- Labels
- Canonical URI
mithraeum.eu/monument/269
- CIMRM 162
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- Monumentum Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis