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Tiddis

Castellum Tidditanorum

Tiddis was a Roman city that depended on Cirta and a bishopric as Tiddi, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see. It was located on the territory of the current commune of Bni Hamden in the Constantine Province of eastern Algeria.

Mithraic monuments of Tiddis

 

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.

CIMRM 162

 

Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

The phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been represented as a cock.

 

Second phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

This second relief depicting a phallus from Tiddis, Algeria, has been positioned alongside its counterpart atop pillars that greet visitors to the Mithras shrine.

 

Cultores Inscription from Tiddis

Inscription recording the dedication of a mithraeum at Tiddis by a group of cultores who built the sanctuary at their own expense.

CIMRM 162

Inscriptions from Tiddis

Mithraeum of Tiddis

I[nvicto] M[ithrae] cultore/s de suo a s/olo / [a]edifi[c]arun[t].
The worshippers of Invictus Mithras built (this) from the ground up at their own expense.

Cultores Inscription from Tiddis

I[nvicto] M[ithrae] cultore/s de suo a s/olo // aedificarun[t].
To the Invincible Mithras, the worshippers built [this sanctuary] at their own expense, from the ground up.

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