P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 4172

Processing Number

3298

Section/Side

Recto, col. 159 (l. 2849-2873)

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. 159-160: 35.5 x 29.6 cm; total size: ***

Items

2

Lines

Col. 159: 25 lines

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Col. 159: damaged on the right by a break (papyrus cut off left of col. 159 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

Karanis (Extinct city)--Defenses.

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)

Guards troops--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Persons

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

Tapetesouchos daughter of Korakion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 237);

Serapous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 229);

Chairemon son of Heron and Didyme grandson of Orsenouphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 247);

Phaesis son of Heras and Isidora grandson of Orsenouphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 244);

Pakysis son of Phanomgeus and Tepheros grandson of Pakysis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 196);

Sarapion son of Perigenes and Tanais grandson of Akousilaos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);

Sarapion (son of Thaisas), doulos of Syros alias Ptolemaios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);

Melanas son of Melanas and Taeuemeros (Taeuhemeros) grandson of Pakysis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 187);

Heras son of Aphrodisios and Isidora grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 168);

Petheus son of Esouris and Tapetheus grandson of Harpagathes (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 201);

Anchophis son of Mysthes and Tanais grandson of Anchophis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 149);

Horos son of Menandros and Soeris grandson of Anchophis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 250);

Teos son of Mysthes and Tanais grandson of Anchophis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 242);

Phanomgeus son of Petheus and Tamystha grandson of Satabous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 245);

Ptolemaios son of Pasoxis and Heras grandson of Satabous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218);

Syros son of Onnophris and Tkollainis grandson of Maron (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 231);

Mystharion son of Ischyrion and Tapetheus grandson of Euemeros (Euhemeros) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 188);

Kastor son of Onnophris and Tkollainis grandson of Maron (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181);

Horion son of Aphrodisios and Tapetaus grandson of Onnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 248);

Phanomgeus son of Phanomgeus and Taptosiris grandson of Phanomgeus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 245);

Chairemon son of Phanomgeus and Tbelles grandson of Phanomgeus and Taptosiris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 247)

Translation

(Col.) 159

(Mesore 16, continued)

Petheus, son of Petheus and Taelekis, grandson of Petheus, for the guards: 1 drachme; (and) for the guard towers: 3 drachmai. Total [4] drachmai

Tapetesouchos, daughter of Korakion - (through) Serapous - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 5 drachmai; for olive (transportation), 4 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 3 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols; for eparourion, 6 drachmai 4 obols; for supplements, 3 1/2 obols; for kollybos, 1 1/2 obols. Total: 14 drachmai 5 [1/2] obols [2 chalkoi]. (In left margin: 16 drachmai 26 obols.)

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

Phaesis, son of Heras and Isidora, grandson of Orsenouphis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Pakysis, son of Phanomgeus and Tepheros, grandson of Pakysis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Sarapion, son of Perigenes and Tanais, grandson of Akousilaos, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Sarapion, slave of Syros also called Ptolemaios, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Melanas, son of Melanas and Taeuemeros, grandson of Pakysis: 4 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Heras, son of Aphrodisios and Isidora, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 12 drachmai

Petheus, son of Esouris and Tapetheus, grandson of Harpagathes, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Anchophis, son of Mysthes and Tanais, grandson of Anchophis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Horos, son of Menandros and Soeris, grandson of Anchophis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai 28 obols

Teos, son of Mysthes and Tanais, grandson of Anchophis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Phanomgeus, son of Petheus and Tamystha, grandson of Satabous, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Ptolemaios, son of Pasoxis and Heras, grandson of Satabous, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Syros, son of Onnophris and Tkollainis, grandson of Maron: 16 drachmai

Mystharion, son of Ischyrion and Tapetheus, grandson of Euemeros, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Kastor, son of Onnophris and Tkollainis, grandson of Maron: 16 drachmai

Horion, son of Aphrodisios and Tapetaus, grandson of Onnophris, for ch(--): [4] drachmai

Phanomgeus, son of Phanomgeus and Taptosiris, grandson of Phanomgeus, [for ch(--): 4 drachmai]

Chairemon, his son, his mother being Tbelles, [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. 159 (l. 2849-2873)	Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 159 (l. 2849-2873), 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

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

173

Year End

174

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

7560 x 6351

File Size

6 MB

Record

3298

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