P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 4172

Processing Number

3297

Section/Side

Recto, col. 158 (l. 2822-2848)

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. 158: 27 lines

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Col. 158: badly damaged by a break (papyrus cut off right of col. 158 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)

Persons

Heraklas son of [Taonnophris], apator (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 167);

Horion son of Heraklas the apator and Demarous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 248);

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

Horion son of Petheus and Komonis grandson of Esouris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 249);

Psenesis son of Petheus and Komonis grandson of Esouris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 248);

Agathopous, doulos of Thermouthis alias Tpaiaitis (Tpaietis) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 148);

Gaius Valerius Apolinarius (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 159);

Chairemon son of Patis (Pateis) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 247);

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

Artemas son of Heron and Thaesis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 155);

Kastor son of Artemas and Thaesis grandson of Heron and Thaesis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181);

Orsenouphis son of Ptolemaios and Thaesis grandson of Orsenouphis;

Sokmenis son of Sokrates and Tapetheus grandson of Phasis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 230);

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

Euemeros son of Aunes and [Tepheros] grandson of Aunes (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 164; deceased: see AJPh 62 [1941] p. 100);

Ammonios son of Ammonios and [Tninis grandson of Ammonios] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 151)

Translation

[(Col.) 158]

Heraklas, of unknown father, his mother being [Taonnophris]: 4 drachmai

Horion, his son, his mother being Demarous: 4 drachmai

Heras, son of Petheus and Didymarion, grandson of Heras, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Horion, son of Petheus and Komonis, grandson of Esouris, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Psenesis, his brother, (born) of the same mother, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Agathopous, slave of Thermouthis also called Tpaiaitis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Gaius Valerius Apolinarius - (through) Chairemon, son of Patis - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 1 drachme 5 obols 2 chalkoi; for olive (transportation), 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 3 obols; for eparourion, 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 4 drachmai 2 obols.

(And) for another (land): for apomoira, 3 drachmai 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 2 obols; [for supplements, 4 obols 2 chalkoi]; for eparourion, 2 drachmai 1/2 obol; for supplements, 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi. Total: 6 drachmai 3 1/2 obols.

(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 1 drachme 2 obols; for supplements: [1 obol; for kollybos: 2 chalkoi]. Total: 1 drachme 3 obols 2 chalkoi.

And (for) Tapetheus, daughter of Pasoknopaios: for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 1 <drachme> 4 1/2 obols; for olive (transportation), 2 obols; for naubion, 1 obol 2 chalkoi; [for supplements, 2 1/2 obols]; for eparourion, 1 drachme 1 obol; for supplements, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 4 drachmai 1/2 obol.

(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 1 drachme [1/2 obol; for supplements:] 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos: 2 chalkoi. Total: 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols. (In left margin: 16 drachmai 28 obols.)

Artemas, son of Heron and Thaesis, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 8 drachmai

Kastor, his son, his mother being Thaesis, for ch(--): 8 drachmai 28 obols

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

Sokmenis, son of Sokrates and Tapetheus, grandson of Phasis, for ch(--): 8 drachmai

Orsenouphis, son of Pakysis and Tapetheus, grandson of Artemidoros, for ch(--): 8 drachmai

Total for the day: 900 drachmai 27 obols.

On the 16th, similarly:

Euemeros, son of Aunes and [Tepheros], grandson of Aunes: 28 drachmai 4 obols, (and) for the pig tax: 5 obols [2 chalkoi]. Total: 29 drachmai 3 obols 2 chalkoi.

Ammonios, son of Ammonios and [Tninis, grandson of Ammonios, for ch(--)]: 4 drachmai

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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. 158 (l. 2822-2848)	Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 158 (l. 2822-2848), 1936 -- BL III, 114 (l. 2847)	BL III, 114 (l. 2847)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

P.Mich. IV/2, p. 43; H.C. Youtie, AJPh 62 (1941) p. 100 [= Scriptiunculae II (Amsterdam, 1973) p. 756].

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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Institution

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Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

173

Year End

174

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Record

3297

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