P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4172
Processing Number
3295
Section/Side
Recto, col. 156 (l. 2766-2793)
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. 155-156: 37.5 x 30.4 cm; total size: ***
Items
1
Lines
Col. 156: 28 lines
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Col. 156: nearly complete (papyrus cut off right of col. 156 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
Gaius Iulius Maximus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 159);
Maximion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 186);
Kastor alias Sabinus son of Ptolemaios and Melidous (Melitous) grandson of Satabous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);
Sisois son of Onnophris and Tapetheus grandson of Akousilaos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 229);
Maron son of Ptolemaios and Taseus grandson of Sambathion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 187);
Gaius Valerius Syros;
(unnamed), hiereus of Zeus;
Apynchis son of Petermouthis and Thermouthis grandson of Apynchis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 154);
Ptolemaios son of Petermouthis and Thermouthis grandson of Apynchis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218);
Onnophris son of Pnepheros and Thaesis grandson of Phanomgeus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 192);
Horion son of Kanis and Thermouthis grandson of Anchophis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 248);
Heron son of Pekmeis alias Heuremon and Sambathion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171);
Patkonnis son of Mysthes and Taonnophris grandson of Patkonnis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 200);
Athenion son of Naaraus and Demarous grandson of Theabenis (Theabennis) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 150);
Sabinus son of Pasoknopaios and Tapetheus grandson of Horos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 222);
Satabous son of Dioskoros and Taorion (Tahorion) grandson of Satabous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 226);
Ptolemaios son of Satabous and Theonis grandson of Horos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 220);
(Ptolemaios alias) Kelleros (Celer) son of Aphrodisios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 216)
Translation
(Col.) 156
(Mesore 3, continued)
Gaius Iulius Maximus - (through) Maximion - 'for garden land' of year 13: for apomoira, 20 drachmai 3 obols; for olive (transportation), 3 drachmai; for naubion, 2 drachmai 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 5 drachmai 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for eparourion, 13 drachmai 5 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 46 drachmai 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.
(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 1 drachme; for supplements: 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos: 2 chalkoi. Total: 1 drachme 1 obol.
(And) for the naubion of owners of private land, similarly: 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements: 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 1 drachme 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. (In left margin: 48 drachmai 21 obols.)
Kastor also called Sabinus, son of Ptolemaios and Melidous, grandson of Satabous, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Sisois, son of Onnophris and Tapetheus, grandson of Akousilaos, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Maron, son of Ptolemaios and Taseus, grandson of Sambathion: 4 drachmai
Gaius Valerius Syros - (through) the priest of Zeus - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 4 drachmai 1/2 obol; for olive (transportation), 1 drachme; for naubion, 21/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1 drachme 1 obol; for eparourion, 2 drachmai 4 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1 1/2 obols; for kollybos, 1 obol. Total: 9 drachmai 5 obols 2 chalkoi.
(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: 8 drachmai 26 obols.)
Apynchis, son of Petermouthis and Thermouthis, grandson of Apynchis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Ptolemaios, his brother, (born) of the same mother, diseased, for the guards: 4 drachmai
Total for the day: 240 drachmai 7 obols.
On the 4th, similarly:
Onnophris, son of Pnepheros and Thaesis, grandson of Phanomgeus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Horion, son of Kanis and Thermouthis, grandson of Anchophis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Heron, son of Pekmeis also called Heuremon and Sambathion, for ch(--): 8 drachmai
Patkonnis, son of Mysthes and Taonnophris, grandson of Patkonnis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Athenion, son of Naaraus and Demarous, grandson of Theabenis: 12 drachmai
Sabinus, son of Pasoknopaios and Tapetheus, grandson of Horos, for ch(--): 28 obols
Satabous, son of Dioskoros and Taorion, grandson of Satabous, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Ptolemaios, son of Satabous and Theonis, grandson of Horos, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Kelleros, son of Aphrodisios, for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 2 drachmai 3 obols; for olive (transportation), 2 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 11/2 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.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich IV/1 Youtie HC 1936 225, col. 156 (l. 2766-2793) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 156 (l. 2766-2793), 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

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Year Begin
173
Year End
174

Technical Details

Record
3295
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