P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4172
Processing Number
3290
Section/Side
Recto, col. 151 (l. 2638-2664)
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso 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. 151-152: 34.8 x 29.8 cm; total size: ***
Items
1
Lines
Col. 151: 27 lines
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Col. 151: quite damaged by wormholes (papyrus cut off left of col. 151 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
Persons
Herieus presbyteros son of Horos and Thaesis grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 163);
Ninis son of Asklas and Tabous grandson of Ninis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 191);
Eutyches, doulos of Sarapias (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 165);
Sabinus son of Ptolemaios and Zoidous grandson of Ptolemaios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 222);
Sempronius son of Ptolemaios and Nilous grandson of Ptolemaios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 228);
Horos son of Onnophris and Isidora grandson of Harendotes (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 250);
Sentis alias Theagenes son of Petheus and Tauris grandson of Theagenes (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 228);
Thenatymis daughter of Sarabion (Sarapion) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 176);
Amikos (Amicus?);
Longinia Gemella (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 185);
Tientil (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 242);
Anthos, (slave/freedman) of Germanicus Caesar (see Geographica);
Longinia Ptolemais (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 185);
Pakysis son of Onnophris and Soeris grandson of Satabous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 196);
Pasion son of Sambas and Aphrodite grandson of [Phaesis] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 198)
Geographica
Patsiontis (Patsontis); ousia of Anthos (slave/freedman) of Germanicus Caesar
Translation
(Col.) 151
(Epeiph 29, continued)
Herieus the elder, son of Horos and Thaesis, grandson of Pnepheros, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Ninis, son of Asklas and Tabous, grandson of Ninis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Eutyches, slave of Sarapias, for ch(--): 28 obols
Sabinus, son of Ptolemaios and Zoidous, grandson of Ptolemaios: 4 drachmai
Sempronius, son of Ptolemaios and Nilous, grandson of Ptolemaios: 8 drachmai
Horos, son of Onnophris and Isidora, grandson of Harendotes, for ch(--): 8 drachmai
Sentis also called Theagenes, son of Petheus and Tauris, grandson of Theagenes: 16 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 8 drachmai
Thenatymis, daughter of Sarabion - (through) Amikos - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 3 drachmai 1/2 obol; for olive (transportation), 2 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 11/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 5 obols; for eparourion, [2] drachmai 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1 obol; for kollybos, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi. Total: 7 drachmai. (In left margin:) 4 drachmai 27 obols.
Longinia Gemella - (through) Tientil - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, [10 drachmai]; for olive (transportation), 1 drachme 2 1/2 obols; for naubion, 1 drachme; for supplements, 2 drachmai 3 obols; for eparourion, 6 drachmai 4 obols; for supplements, [3] 1/2 obols; for kollybos, 2 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 22 drachmai 3 obols 2 chalkoi.
(And) for a vineyard that was harvested, for year 13: for apomoira, 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols; for naubion, 1/2 obol; for supplements, 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for eparourion, 5 obols; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 2 drachmai 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.
(And) for another (vineyard) that was harvested, for year 13, in Pastiontis, (in the estate) of Anthos, (slave/freedman) of Germanicus Caesar: for apomoira, 2 drachmai 3 obols; for naubion, 1 1/2 obols; for supplements, 3 1/2 obols; for eparourion, 1 drachme 4 obols; for supplements, 1 obol; for kollybos, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi. Total: 5 drachmai 1obol.
(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 3 obols; for supplements: 1/2 obol; for kollybos: 2 chalkoi. Total: 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.
(And) for the naubion of owners of private land, similarly: 2 drachmai 3 1/2 obols; for supplements: 3 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 3 drachmai 1 obol 2 chalkoi.
(And) for the rent on sequestrated land (prosodikos phoros), for year 13: 20 drachmai; for supplements: 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 21 drachmai 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.
And (for) Longinia Ptolemais: for the naubion [of owners of private land], for year 14: 1 <drachme> 2 obols; for supplements: 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 1 drachme 4 obols. (In left margin: 60 drachmai.)
Pakysis, son of Onnophris and Soeris, grandson of Satabous: 8 drachmai
Pasion, son of Sambas and Aphrodite, grandson of [Phaesis]: 16 drachmai 16 obols

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich IV/1 Youtie HC 1936 225, col. 151 (l. 2638-2664) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 151 (l. 2638-2664), 1936 -- BL III, 114 (l. 2655) BL III, 114 (l. 2655)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
P.Mich. IV/2, p. 43
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

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Year Begin
173
Year End
174

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Record
3290
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