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Rusicade

Skikda is a city in northeastern Algeria and a port on the Mediterranean.

Mithraic monuments of Rusicade

 

Mithraeum of Skikda

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

CIMRM 121

 

Aion of Skikda

The lion-headed figure from Rusicade, now Skikda, holds a key in both hands and features a pine cone beside his feet.

CIMRM 125

 

Silvanus from Skikda

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

CIMRM 126

 

Mithraic rock and vase from Rusicade

Both objects have a snake winding itself around them.

CIMRM 127

 

Fragmentary statue of Mithras Tauroctonos from Rusicade

Fragment of a white marble statue of Mithras killing the bull from Rusicade, today Skikda, Algeria.

CIMRM 122

 

Marble statues of Cautes and Cautopates from Rusicade

Two marble statues of Cautes and Cautopates discovered in the Mithraeum of Rusicade, accompanied by symbolic animals including a lion, scorpion, dolphin and bird.

CIMRM 123

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