P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 4172

Processing Number

3292

Section/Side

Recto, col. 153 (l. 2690-2717)

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. 153-154: 34.7 x 29.4 cm; total size: ***

Items

1

Lines

Col. 153: 28 lines

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Col. 153: nearly complete (papyrus cut off left of col. 153 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

Illegitimacy--Egypt

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

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

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

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

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

Elders (Church officers)--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Persons

Petheus son of Pasoknopaios and Tapetheus grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 202);

Maron son of Maron and Herois grandson of Petoraipis (Petsoraipis) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 186);

Diodoros son of Thaisas, apator (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 162);

Leonides son of Ptolemaios and Heras grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 184);

Agathopous, doulos of Taseus alias Isarion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 148);

Orsenouphis son of Petheus and Tapetheus grandson of Horion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 194);

Orsenouphis son of Heron and Zoidous grandson of Orsenouphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 193);

Didymion son of Petheus presbyteros and Tasoucharion grandson of Didymion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 161);

Heron son of Petheus and Taorsenouphis grandson of Kollouthos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171);

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

Ptolemaios son of Harpagathes and Segathis grandson of Heras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);

Petheus son of Petaus and Segathis grandson of Orsenouphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 203);

Petaus son of Petheus and Tapasion grandson of Petaus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 209);

Sisois son of Limnaios and Thaesis grandson of Satabous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 229);

Pakysis son of Kalatoites (Kalatytes) and Segathis grandson of Heras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 195);

Aphrodous daughter of Horos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 158);

Apynchis son of Tiotiseitias (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 154);

Esouris son of Kames and Thaesis grandson of Heras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 164);

Heras son of Melanas and Tamystha grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 169);

Ptolemaios son of Petheus and Thaesis grandson of Sokmenis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 219);

Herakles son of Apollonios and Tapetheus grandson of Petoraipis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 168);

Herakleides son of Esouris and Taonnophris grandson of Kollouthos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 167);

Heron son of Sabinus and Gaia grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171)

Translation

(Col. 153)

(Mesore 1, continued)

Petheus, son of Pasoknopaios and Tapetheus, grandson of Petheus: 4 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Maron, son of Maron and Herois, grandson of Petoraipis: 4 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Diodoros, of unknown father, his mother being Thaisas, for ch(--): 8 drachmai

Leonides, son of Ptolemaios and Heras, grandson of Pnepheros, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Agathopous, slave of Taseus also called Isarion, for ch(--): 8 drachmai

Orsenouphis, son of Petheus and Tapetheus, grandson of Horion, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Orsenouphis, son of Heron and Zoidous, grandson of Orsenouphis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Didymion, son of Petheus the elder and Tasoucharion, grandson of Didymion, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Heron, son of Petheus and Taorsenouphis, grandson of Kollouthos, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Ptolemaios, son of Artemidoros and Thaesis, grandson of Petheus: 12 drachmai

Ptolemaios, son of Harpagathes and Segathis, grandson of Heras: 4 drachmai 28 obols

Petheus, son of Petaus and Segathis, grandson of Orsenouphis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Petaus, son of Petheus and Tapasion, grandson of Petaus, for ch(--): 28 obols

Sisois, son of Limnaios and Thaesis, grandson of Satabous: 4 drachmai, (and) for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Pakysis, son of Kalatoites and Segathis, grandson of Heras, for ch(--): 8 drachmai

Aphrodous, daughter of Horos - (through) Apynchis, son of Tiotiseitias - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 1 drachme 5 obols 2 chalkoi; for olive (transportation), 2 obols; for naubion, 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 3 obols; for eparourion, 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 4 drachmai 2 obols.

(And) 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: 4 drachmai 14 obols.)

Esouris, son of Kames and Thaesis, grandson of Heras, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Heras, son of Melanas and Tamystha, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 8 drachmai

Ptolemaios, son of Petheus and Thaesis, grandson of Sokmenis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Herakles, son of Apollonios and Tapetheus, grandson of Petoraipis, for ch(--): 8 drachmai

Total for the day: 252 drachmai 23 obols.

On the 2nd, similarly:

Herakleides, son of Esouris and Taonnophris, grandson of Kollouthos, for ch(--): 12 drachmai

Heron, son of Sabinus and Gaia, grandson of Pnepheros: 4 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3263

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich IV/1	Youtie HC	1936	225, col. 153 (l. 2690-2717)	Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 153 (l. 2690-2717), 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

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

s

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

173

Year End

174

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Record

3292

Link to this Item

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