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Monumentum

Mithraeum of Skikda

Many of the inscriptions and sculptures of the site were kept in a museum which has been destroyed.
  • Aion of Skikda

    Aion of Skikda
    CIMRM 

  • Silvanus of Skikda

    Silvanus of Skikda
    CIMRM 

  • Mithraic rock and vase from Rusicade

    Mithraic rock and vase from Rusicade
    CIMRM 

 
The New Mithraeum
10 Jun 2009
Updated on Dec 2024

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In 1845 a Mithraeum was discovered at Rusicade on the slope of the hill Bou Vala, NW of Philippeville, in the garden of Nobelly. About its architecture we have only a few data by Fenech, Histoire de Philippeville, s.d. 33ff, who "a une portion de canal recelait ces statues." Of its interior we know more through the sculptures found in it, all of which is now in the Museum at Philippeville. According to an information of Dr. L. Leschi, to whose kind intercession we also owe our reproductions, a bust of Caracalla (211-217) has been found in the neighbourhood, which might be an important clue in …

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Aion of Skikda

The lion-headed figure of Skikda includes a pine-apple beside his feet.

Silvanus of Skikda

The statue of Skikda has seven holes in his hair for fastening rays.

Mithraic rock and vase of Rusicade

Both objects have a snake winding itself around them.

 
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