P.Mich.inv. 4716 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 4716

Processing Number

2277

Section/Side

c; Verso + Recto, second text

Image Side

Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Verso + Recto, second text; Recto, first text: unpublished (fragment of a tax account)

Connections

Archive of the praktor Sokrates son of Sarapion?

Material

Pap

Size

9 x 27.5 cm

Items

1

Lines

Verso - 36 + 4 in left margin;

Recto (second text) - 3

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Conservation Status

(Verso) nearly complete; damaged

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

IInd century A.D.: after 161 A.D. (date of the original document), perhaps before 174 A.D.

Origin

probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

26-B17F-A

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Unknown census official

Type of Text/Title of Work

Extract from Census Register

Content

Extract from a census register, giving an abbreviated copy of two declarations for the census of 160/161 A.D.

Subject Headings

Karanis (Extinct city)--Census.

Land tenure--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Home ownership--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Persons

Ptolemaios, son of Kastor and Kastorous, grandson of Papos (deceased after 161 A.D.?) - (see also B.G.U. I, 170; P.Lond. II, 168?);

Tasoucharion, daughter of Aunes and Tape . . ., granddaughter of . . ., wife of Ptolemaios;

Kastor, son of Ptolemaios and Tasoucharion (see also P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);

Kastor alias Ptolemaios, son of Ptolemaios and Tasoucharion (see also P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);

That . . ., daughter of Ptolemaios and Tasoucharion;

Onesime, daughter of Ptolemaios and Tasoucharion, wife of K . . .;

Tasoucharion, daughter of Ptolemaios and Tasoucharion;

Ptolemais, daughter of Ptolemaios and Tasoucharion;

Achillas, son of Kastor and Kastorous, grandson of Papos, brother of Ptolemaios (deceased after 161 A.D.?);

Aphrodous, daughter of Areios and Ta . . ., granddaughter of Areios, wife of Achillas;

Kastor, son of Achillas and Aphrodous (see also P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181);

Kastor neoteros, son of Achillas and Aphrodous (see also P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181);

Serapias, daughter of Achillas and Aphrodous;

Tapiamis, daughter of Achillas and Aphrodous;

Sab( ) (Sabinus?), son of Sarap( ) (Sarapion?), grandson of Euemeros, whose mother is Thais( ), daughter of Onnophris (see also PMich. Inv. 5689?);

Thaisas, daughter of Didym( ) and Taesis, wife of Sab( );

Sarap( ), son of Sab( ) and Thaisas;

Didymion, son of Sab( ) and Thaisas

Geographica

Karanis; amphodon Isiou (Isieiou)

Translation

(Verso)

(Lines 3-24) From the census register incorporating descriptions of the 23rd year for the village of Karanis, from volume 3, Quarter of the Isieion, column 18, . . . buildings, inherited from the {mother} 'grandmother', belonging to the persons indicated below.

Ptolemaios, son of Kastor, grandson of Papos, whose mother is Kastorous, age 47 years.

Kastor, son, whose mother is Tasoucharion, daughter of Aunes, age 17 years.

Kastor also called Ptolemaios, another son, age 1 year.

Achillas, brother of Ptolemaios, age 30(?) years.

Kastor, son, whose mother is Aphrodous, daughter of Areios, age 15 years.

Kastor the younger, another son, age 1 year.

Womenfolk: Tasoucharion, daughter of Aunes, son of . . ., whose mother is Tape . . ., wife of Ptolemaios, age . . years.

'That . . . of them(?)'

Onesime, daughter of them both, age 25 years, 'wife of K . . .'.

(In margin of line 18) Tasoucharion, another daughter, age . . years.

'Ptolemais, daughter of them both, age 5 years.'

Aphrodous, daughter of Areios, granddaughter of Areios, whose mother is Ta . . ., wife of Achillas, age 38 years.

Serapias, daughter of them both, age . . years.

Tapiamis, another daughter, age 12 years.

(Lines 1-2, added in upper margin) And there belong to Tasoucharion in the same village a house and a courtyard, and in another location '2' houses and courtyard and a half share of a house and courtyard.

(Two lines in left margin of lines 3-13, perpendicularly to the main text, are washed off)

(Lines 25-36) . . . 32.

Sab( ), son of Sarap( ), grandson of Euemeros, whose mother is Thais( ), daughter of Onnophris, age 29 years.

Sarap( ), son, whose mother is Thaisas, daughter of Didym( ), age . . years.

Didymion, another son, age 1 year.

Womenfolk: Thaisas, daughter of Didym( ), whose mother is Taesis, wife of Sab( ), age 2 . years.

And there belong to Sab( ) and his brothers in the village by equal shares from their mother a house and courtyard and another house and courtyard 'and another house', and to Thais( ), wife of Sab( ), from her mother, a half share of a house and courtyard and another house and courtyard.

(Recto, second text)

Kastor, son of Ptolemaios, grandson of Kastor, whose mother is Tasoucharis.

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
CE 28	Pearl OM	1953	346-352	SB VI 9555a	Pearl OM, CE 28, 346-352, 1953 -- SB VI 9555a -- The first editor doesn't mention the second text of recto, which is clearly related to the verso (name of the person for whom the extract was written?). - Line 2, read oiki(ai) '2', instead of oiki(a); line 11: age of Achillas quite uncertain (40 instead of 30?)	The first editor doesn't mention the second text of recto, which is clearly related to the verso (name of the person for whom the extract was written?). - Line 2, read oiki(ai) '2', instead of oiki(a); line 11: age of Achillas quite uncertain (40 instead of 30?)

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

100

Year End

199

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

3480 x 4608

File Size

2 MB

Record

2277

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