P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4172
Processing Number
3296
Section/Side
Recto, col. 157 (l. 2794-2821)
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. 157-158: 35.7 x 29.6 cm; total size: ***
Items
1
Lines
Col. 157: 28 lines
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Col. 157: badly damaged by a break (papyrus cut off left of col. 157 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
Syros son of Heras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 231);
Imties (Emties) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 163);
Apis son of Petheus grandson of Protion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 152);
Thaisarin (Thaisarion) daughter of Irenaios (Eirenaios);
Diodoros son of Hatres (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 162);
Mystharion [son of Diodoros] and Zoidous grandson of Hatres (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 188);
Sisois son of [. . .] and Didyme grandson of Petheus;
Chairemon son of Nekpheraus and Chairemonis grandson of Euemeros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 247);
Aphrodisios son of Onnophris and Ptolema grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 157);
Mysthes son of Patkonnis and Ptolema grandson of Harobros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 189);
Ptolemaios son of Naaraus amd Taorsenouphis grandson of Horion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217-218);
Ptolemaios son of Mysthes (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);
Pallas (see Geographica);
Iucundus (see Geographica);
Chresimos (see Geographica);
Sarap(--) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 234);
[Petaus son of Petheus] and Stiynchis grandson of Petesouchos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 81 and 209)
Geographica
(ousia) Pallantos (proteron) Ioukoundou kai Chresimou (estate of Pallas, formerly of Iucundus and Chresimos); [- - -]ane ousia
Translation
(Col.) 157
(Mesore 4, continued)
Syrus, son of Heras - (through) Imties - [for garden land] of year 13: for apomoira, 2 drachmai 5 1/2 obols; for olive (transportation), 2 1/2 obols; for naubion, 2 obols; for supplements, 4 1/2 obols; for eparourion, 2 drachmai; for supplements, 1 obol; for kollybos, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi. Total: 6 drachmai 4 obols 2 chalkoi.
And for Apis, son of Petheus, grandson of Protion, [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.
And for Thaisaris, daughter of Irenaios, [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: [16] drachmai [27 obols].)
Diodoros, son of Hatres - (through) Mystharion, son of Diodoros - 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 [2] 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1 obol 2 chalkoi. Total: 11 drachmai 4 1/2 obols. (In left margin: 12 drachmai 2 obols.)
Mystharion, [son of Diodoros] and Zoidous, grandson of Hatres, for the salary of the guards and for the guard towers: 8 drachmai
Sisois, son of [. . .] and Didyme, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 8 drachmai
Chairemon, son of Nekpheraus and Chairemonis, grandson of Euemeros: 36 drachmai
Total for the day: 132 drachmai 16 obols.
On the 15th, similarly:
Aphrodisios, son of Onnophris and Ptolema, grandson of Pnepheros, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Mysthes, son of Patkonnis and Ptolema, grandson of Harobros, for the guard towers: 4 drachmai
Ptolemaios, son of Naaraus amd Taorsenouphis, grandson of Horion, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Ptolemaios, son of Mysthes, for the rental of sheep of year 14, 'for Karanis', for the estate of Pallas, formerly of Iucundus and Chresimos: [707 drachmai] 4 obols; for supplements: 45 drachmai 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 753 drachmai 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.
[And for the] estate [of - - -: 40 drachmai]; for supplements: 2 drachmai 4 obols. Total: 42 drachmai 4 obols. (In left margin: 800 drachmai, of which a deposit of Sarap(--): 500 drachmai.)
[Petaus, son of Petheus] and Stiynchis, grandson of Petesouchos: 4 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 4 drachmai.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich IV/1 Youtie HC 1936 225, col. 157 (l. 2794-2821) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 157 (l. 2794-2821), 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

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Record
3296
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