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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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).