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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.
  • Entrance to the Mithraeum of Tiddis

    Entrance to the Mithraeum of Tiddis
    James Patterson

  • Entrance to the Mithraeum of Tiddis

    Entrance to the Mithraeum of Tiddis
    Empires of Faith

  • Phallus cock from Tiddis Mithraeum.

    Phallus cock from Tiddis Mithraeum.
    James Patterson

  • Second mithraic phallus of Tiddis.

    Second mithraic phallus of Tiddis.
    The New Mithraeum / Joan Lendering (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Mithraic inscription from Tiddis, Bni Hamden.

    Mithraic inscription from Tiddis, Bni Hamden.
    The New Mithraeum / Jona Lendering (CC BY-SA)

 
The New Mithraeum
21 May 2021
Updated on Dec 2025

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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). But this phallos has been represented in such way, that it bears a great resemblance to a cock:…

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Phallus relief from the Mithraeum of Tiddis

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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.

 
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