P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 4172

Processing Number

3300

Section/Side

Recto, col. 160 (l. 2874-2898)

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. 160: 25 lines

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Col. 160: badly damaged on the left by a break (papyrus cut off right of col. 160 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

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

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

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

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

Persons

Pasion son of Petheus and Tathautis grandson of Sambathion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 198);

Hatres son of Apollonios and Taorsenouphis grandson of Heraklas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 156);

Besis son of Petheus and Thermouthis grandson of Akousilaos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 159);

Aphrodisis (Aphrodisios) son of Sisois and Thaisas grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 158);

Kastor son of Sisois and Thaisas grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);

Petsiris son of Petesouchos and Apia grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 211-212);

Ptolemaios son of Naaraus presbyteros and Tamares (Tamarres) grandson of Theabenis (Theabennis) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);

[Petaus] son of Esouris and Tkollauthis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 208);

[Nekpheraus] son of Euemeros and Taonnophris grandson of Nekpheraus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 190);

[Sempronius] Herminus = Sempronius son of Beleketouis (see ZPE 13 [1974] p. 239)

Ptollas (son of Sabinus and Vettia?) (see ZPE 13 [1974] p. 239);

Maecenas (see Geographica);

Ptollas son of Sabinus and Vettia grandson of Ptolemaios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 221);

[Heras] son of Kelolis and Thaesis grandson of Heras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 168-169);

[Ptolemaios] son of Psenesis and Thermouthis grandson of Onnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 219);

[Sarapion] son of Harpalos and Tapetheus grandson of Sarapion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);

[Sarapion son of Phasis] and Helene grandson of Keras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225)

Geographica

Maikenatianeousia (former estate of Maecenas)

Translation

(Col.) 160

(Mesore 16, continued)

Pasion, son of Petheus and Tathautis, grandson of Sambathion, for ch(--): 4 drachmai; (and the) remainder for ch(--)

Hatres, son of Apollonios and Taorsenouphis, grandson of Heraklas, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Besis, son of Petheus and Thermouthis, grandson of Akousilaos, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Aphrodisis, son of Sisois and Thaisas, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): [[4]] 8 drachmai

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

Petsiris, son of Petesouchos and Apia, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Ptolemaios, son of Naaraus the elder and Tamares, grandson of Theabenis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Total for the day: 204 <drachmai> 1 obol.

On the 17th, [similarly]

[Petaus], son of Esouris and Tkollauthis, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

[Nekpheraus], son of Euemeros and Taonnophris, grandson of Nekpheraus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

[Sempronius] Herminus, through Ptollas - (that is) Sempronius, son of Beleketouis - [for garden land of year 13: for apomoira], 11 drachmai 1 1/2 obols; for olive (transportation), 1 drachme 4 1/2 obols; for naubion, 1 drachme 1 obol; for supplements, 2 drachmai 5 obols; [for eparourion], 7 [drachmai] 3 obols; for supplements, 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 2 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 25 drachmai 3 1/2 obols.

(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 1 1/2 obols; for supplements: 2 chalkoi; for kollybos: 2 chalkoi. Total: 2 obols.

(And) for a vineyard that was harvested, for year 13: for apomoira, 3 drachmai 4 1/2 obols; for naubion, 1 1/2 obols; for supplements, 5 obols; for eparourion, 2 drachmai 3 obols; for supplements, 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1 obol. Total: 7 drachmai 4 obols 2 chalkoi.

(And) for the estate of Maecenas, for a (vineyard) that was harvested, for year 13: for apomoira, 6 drachmai 1 1/2 obols; for naubion, 2 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme 2 obols 2 chalkoi; for eparourion, 4 drachmai 1 obol; for supplements, 2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1 1/2 obols. Total: 12 drachmai 4 1/2 obols. (In left margin: 48 drachmai [2] obols, of which a deposit of Sarap(--): [. . drachmai].)

Ptollas, son of Sabinus and Vettia, grandson of Ptolemaios: 28 drachmai

[Heras], son of Kelolis and Thaesis, grandson of Heras, for ch(--): 8 drachmai

[Ptolemaios], son of Psenesis and Thermouthis, grandson of Onnophris: 8 drachmai

[Sarapion], son of Harpalos and Tapetheus, grandson of Sarapion, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

[Sarapion, son of Phasis] and Helene, grandson of Keras, 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. 160 (l. 2874-2898)	Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 160 (l. 2874-2898), 1936 -- BL III, 114 (l. 2887); BL VIII, 213 (l. 2886)	BL III, 114 (l. 2887); BL VIII, 213 (l. 2886)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

P.Mich. IV/2, p. 43; H.C. Youtie, ZPE 13 (1974) p. 238-239 [= Scriptiunculae Posteriores I (Amsterdam, 1981) p. 95].

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

3300

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