P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 4172

Processing Number

3271

Section/Side

Recto, col. 127 (l. 2081-2113)

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso of col. 127 is blank

Connections

+ P.Cair. Inv. 57187; cf. also P.Mich. IV/1, 224 + IV/2, 357 (inv. 4171 + 2830 + 3159 + 4910)

Material

Pap

Size

col. 127-128: 38.2 x 30 cm; total size: ***

Items

1

Lines

Col. 127: 33 lines

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Col. 127: complete (papyrus cut off left of col. 127 when housed in glass)

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

173-174 A.D.

Origin

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

Acquired from Nahman in October 1924, through the British Museum; arrived in Ann Arbor in October 1926. (See also inv. 2830; 4171; etc.)

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Unknown tax-collector (Sarapion, son of Sokrates?)

Type of Text/Title of Work

Tax Roll

Content

Tax register, recording the daily collection of money taxes in the village of Karanis; the name of each tax-payer paying the poll-tax is cross-referenced with a page of another register, where taxpayers were listed geographically

Subject Headings

Real property tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Poll tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Entertainers--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Women--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Persons

Aphrodeisia (Aphrodisia) daughter of Ischyrion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 157);

Sarap(--) son(?) of Kastix;

Tapetheus daughter of Chrates (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 236);

Nike daughter of Saltich (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 191);

Mystharion son of Petheus and Thaesis grandson of Esouris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 188);

Horis son of Horion, oueteranos (veteranus);

(unnamed) son of Horos the koryphaios;

Harpalos son of Apion and Valeria grandson of Harpalos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 155);

Horion son of Aphrodisios and Tapetaus grandson of Onnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 248);

Onnophris son of Pnepheros and Tanomgeus grandson of Pnepheros;

Lucius Iulius Germanus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 185);

Demetrous, wife of Psensin (see H.C. Youtie, Scriptiunculae II [Amsterdam, 1973] p. 1035-1036);

Pnepheros son of Ptolemaios and Heras grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 213);

Sisois son of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 229);

Aphrodas son of Pkas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 157);

Ptolemaios son of Esouris and Thaesis grandson of Heras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 216);

Athenion son of Horos and Heras grandson of Pakysis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 150);

Athenion son of Pyros (Pyrrhos) and Tasoucharion grandson of Athenion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 150)

Translation

(Col.) 127

(Pauni 22, continued)

Aphrodeisia, daughter of Ischyrion - (through) Sarap(--), son(?) of Kastix - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 5 drachmai; for olive (transportation), 4 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 3 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols; for eparourion, 6 drachmai 4 obols; for supplements, 3 1/2 obols; for kollybos, 1 1/2 obols. Total: 14 drachmai 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.

(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 2 drachmai 4 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 3 drachmai 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi. (In left margin:) 16 drachmai 21 obols.

Tapetheus, daughter of Chrates - (through) Nike daughter of Saltich - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 5 drachmai 1 obol; for olive (transportation), 4 1/2 obols; for naubion, 3 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1 drachme 2 obols; for eparourion, 3 drachmai 3 obols; for supplements, 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1 obol 2 chalkoi. Total: 11 drachmai 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. (In left margin:) 12 drachmai 2 obols.

Mystharion, son of Petheus and Thaesis, grandson of Esouris, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

column 56

Horis, son of Horion, the veteran - (through) the son of Horos the coryphaeus - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 18 drachmai 4 1/2 obols; for olive (transportation), 2 drachmai 4 obols; for naubion, 1 drachme 5 1/2 obols; for supplements, 4 drachmai 4 obols; for eparourion, 12 drachmai 3 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 4 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 42 drachmai 1 1/2 obols. (In left margin:) 40 drachmai 21 obols.

Harpalos, son of Apion and Valeria, grandson of Harpalos: 20 drachmai

column 87

Horion, son of Aphrodisios and Tapetaus, grandson of Onnophris, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

column 58

Onnophris, son of Pnepheros and Tanomgeus, grandson of Pnepheros, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Lucius Iulius Germanus - (through) Demetrous, wife of Psensin -, for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 4 obols; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. (In left margin:) 8 obols.

Pnepheros, son of Ptolemaios and Heras, grandson of Pnepheros: 4 drachmai

column 59

Sisois, son of Petheus - (through) Aphrodas, son of Pkas - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 2 drachmai 3 obols; for olive (transportation), 2 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1 1/2 obols; for supplements, 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for eparourion, 1 drachme 4 obols; for supplements, 1 obol; for kollybos, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi. Total: 5 drachmai 4 obols 2 chalkoi. (In left margin:) 4 drachmai 17 obols.

Ptolemaios, son of Esouris and Thaesis, grandson of Heras: 28 obols

column 69

Athenion, son of Horos and Heras, grandson of Pakysis: 4 drachmai 28 obols

column 73

Athenion, son of Pyros and Tasoucharion, grandson of Athenion: 8 drachmai

column 74

Total for the day: 184 drachmai 9 obols.

Papyri.info Link

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich IV/1	Youtie HC	1936	225, col. 127 (l. 2081-2113)	Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 127 (l. 2081-2113), 1936

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

General bibliography on the tax rolls:

H.C. Youtie - O.M. Pearl, AJPh 57 (1936) p. 465-469; H.C. Youtie, Classical Weekly 30 (1937) p. 199-201 [= Scriptiunculae II (Amsterdam, 1973) p. 851-857, with addenda]; L.C. West - A.C. Johnson, Currency in Roman and Byzantine Egypt (Princeton, 1944) p. 20; 53-58; V.B. Schuman, CP 44 (1949) p. 236-239; D.S. Crawford, CP 45 (1950) p. 185-186; V.B. Schuman, CP 46 (1951) p. 34-36; V.B. Schuman, CP47 (1952) p. 214-218; V.B. Schuman, Aegyptus 32 (1952) p. 241-252; V.B. Schuman, Aegyptus 39 (1959) p. 223-225; V.B. Schuman, CE 38 (1963) p. 306, n. 2; C.Pap.Jud. III, No. 492; H.C. Youtie, Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Papyrology (Toronto, 1970) p. 545-551 [= Scriptiunculae II (Amsterdam, 1973) p. 1035-1041]; H.C Youtie, ZPE 13 (1974) p. 238-239; H.C. Youtie, ZPE 15 (1974) p. 117-141; V.B. Schuman, BASP 12 (1975) p. 23-58; P.Cair.Mich. 359, introduction; J.C. Shelton, BASP 14 (1983) p. 83-93; V.B. Schuman, Archiv 29 (1983) p. 41-57; P. van Minnen, ZPE 100 (1994) p. 244-246

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

173

Year End

174

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

7803 x 5985

File Size

6 MB

Record

3271

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