P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 4172
- Processing Number
- 3310
- Section/Side
- Recto, col. 184(?) (358F, l. 21-48)
- 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. 183-184: 18 x 27 cm; total size: ***
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Col. 184(?): 28 lines
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Col. 184(?): broken off on the right (and on the left of col. [183])
- 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.
- Priests--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Poll tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Tax exemption--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Guards troops--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Persons
- Mysthes son of Patkonnis [and Ptolema grandson of Harobros] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 189);
- Petheus son of Harsiesis [and Tapetheus] grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 201);
- Psenesis son of Parmenion [and Tkonnos] grandson of Psenesis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 248);
- Anoubas son of Horos [and Tepheros] grandson of Anoubas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 151);
- Ammonis (Ammonios) son of Pasoknopaios [and Thatres grandson of Limnaios] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 151);
- Ptolemaios son of Papeis [and Thermouthis] grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218);
- Ptolemaios son of Ptolemaios neoteros [and Tasoucharion grandson of Petheus] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 219);
- Petaus son of Petheus [and Tapasion] grandson of Petaus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 209);
- Horos son of Menandros [and Soeris] grandson of Anchophis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 250);
- Heron son of Ptolemaios [and Heras] grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171);
- Pnepheros son of Ptolemaios [and Heras] grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 213);
- Ptolemaios son of Esouris [and Thaesis] grandson of Heras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 216);
- Petaus son of Petheus [and Taseus] grandson of Pnepheros, [(hiereus)] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 209);
- Herieus neoteros son of Horos [and Thaesis grandson of Pnepheros] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 163);
- Petheus son of Didymos [and - - -] grandson of Maron (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 201: mother's name should be Tauris or Thaesis);
- Herakles son of Petheus [and - - - grandson of - - -] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 168 for the most likely possibilities);
- Kames son of Petheus [and Tkonnos grandson of Petheus] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 180);
- Ptolemaios son of Her[- - - and - - - grandson of - - -]
- Translation
- (Col.) 184(?)
- (Phaophi 24?, continued)
- Mysthes, son of Patkonnis [and Ptolema, grandson of Harobros], for guards: 1 drachme; (and) for guard towers: [. . drachmai. Total: . . drachmai]
- Petheus, son of Harsiesis [and Tapetheus], grandson of Petheus, for guards: 1 drachme; (and) for guard towers: [. . drachmai. Total: . . drachmai]
- Psenesis, son of Parmenion [and Tkonnos], grandson of Psenesis, [for ch(--): - - - ]
- Anoubas, son of Horos [and Tepheros], grandson of Anoubas, [for ch(--): - - - ]
- Ammonis, son of Pasoknopaios [and Thatres, grandson of Limnaios, for ch(--): - - - ]
- Ptolemaios, son of Papeis [and Thermouthis], grandson of Petheus, [for ch(--): - - - ]
- Ptolemaios, son of Ptolemaios the younger [and Tasoucharion, grandson of Petheus: - - -]
- Petaus, son of Petheus [and Tapasion], grandson of Petaus, [for ch(--): - - - ]
- Total for the day: [. . drachmai]
- On the 25th, similarly:
- Horos, son of Menandros [and Soeris], grandson of Anchophis: [- - -]
- Heron, son of Ptolemaios [and Heras], grandson of Pnepheros: [- - -]
- Pnepheros, his brother, (born) of the same mother: [- - -]
- Ptolemaios, son of Esouris [and Thaesis], grandson of Heras: [- - -]
- On the 26th, similarly:
- Petaus, son of Petheus [and Taseus], grandson of Pnepheros: [the remainder of the ch(--) of the priests]
- Herieus the younger, son of Horos [and Thaesis, grandson of Pnepheros, for ch(--): - - -]
- Petheus, son of Didymos [and - - -], grandson of Maron, [for ch(--): - - - ]
- Herakles, son of Petheus [and - - -, grandson of - - -: - - -]
- Kames, son of Petheus [and Tkonnos, grandson of Petheus, over the age (of liability to the poll-tax)], for the guards: [- - -; for the guard towers: - - -. Total: - - -]
- Ptolemaios, son of Her[- - - and - - -, grandson of - - -: - - -]
- Total [for the day: - - -]
- [On the 27th], similarly:
- [- - -]
- 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/2 Youtie HC - Pearl OM 1939 358F, col. 184(?) (l. 21-48) Youtie HC - Pearl OM, PMich IV/2, 358F, col. 184(?) (l. 21-48), 1939
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
- Image Size
- 4644 x 5595
- File Size
- 3 MB
- Record
- 3310
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