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Statue Base of Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius

Honorific marble statue base dedicated to the senator and Mithraic pater Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius by members of his provincial administration.
Base of Kamenius.

Base of Kamenius.
Ortolf Harl 2025

 
The New Mithraeum
15 May 2026
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 1059 ↔ CIMRM 516

Cippus marmoreus.

Kamenii-Alfenio Ceionio Iuliano / Kamenio v(iro) c(larissimo) q(uaestori) k(andidato) praetori tri(umfali) VIIviro epulonum mag(istro) / p(atri) s(a)cr(orum) summi invicti Mitrai(sic!) ierofante Aecate arc(hi)b(ucolo) dei Lib(eri) XV / viro s(acris) [f(aciundis)] tauroboliato d(eum) M(atris) pontifici maiori consula/ri provinciae Numidiae / iustitiae eius provisioni/bus(que) confotis omnibus / dioceseos / …gentilis p….m…. Restutus cornicularius cum cartularis officii statuam / in domo sub aere posuerunt.

Fragmentary marble statue base bearing an honorary inscription dedicated to Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius, an influential late Roman aristocrat associated with several priestly offices. The inscription reflects the accumulation of religious functions characteristic of late Roman aristocratic paganism, combining Mithraic, Hecatean, Dionysiac, and Magna Mater traditions.

CIL VI 1675; VI 31902

Kamenii // Alfenio Ceionio Iuliano / Kamenio v(iro) c(larissimo) q(uaestori) k(andidato) praetori tri/umf(ali) VIIviro epulonum mag(istro) / p(atri) s(a)c(rorum) summi Invicti Mit(h)rai (h)ier(o)/fante Aecat(a)e arc(hi)b(ucolo) dei Lib(eri) XV/viro s(acris) f(aciundis) tauroboliato d(eum) M(atris) / pontifici maiori consula/ri provinciae Numidiae / iustitiae eius provisioni/busq(ue) confotis omnibus / dioceseos / Gentilis p() m(agistri?) Restutus cornicu/larius cum cartulari(i)s officii statuam / in domo sub aere posuerunt.
[Statue] of Kamenius. To Alfenius Ceionius Iulianus Kamenius, of clarissimus rank, quaestor candidatus, praetor triumphalis, member of the college of the seven epulones, master, father of the sacred rites of the supreme unconquered Mithras, hierophant of Hecate, archibucolus of the god Liber, member of the college of the fifteen men for sacred affairs, tauroboliate of the Mother Goddess, high pontiff, governor of the province of Numidia. Because of his justice and administrative foresight toward all the people of his diocese, Gentilis … Restutus, cornicularius, together with the archivists of the office, set up a bronze statue in his house.

References

CIL VI 1675; MMM II No. 24.

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