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Locus

Tiddis

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.
  • Entrance to the Mithraeum of Tiddis

    Entrance to the Mithraeum of Tiddis
    James Patterson 

  • Inscription at the Mithraeum of Tiddis

    Inscription at 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 

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.

Inscriptions of Tiddis

I(nvicto) M(ithrae) cultore/s de suo a s/olo / (a)edifi[c]arun(t).

Mithraeum of Tiddis