P.Mich.inv. 4172

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4172
Processing Number
3311
Section/Side
Recto, col. 185 (l. 3054-3083)

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. 185-186: 18 x 27.1 cm; total size: ***
Items
1
Lines
Col. 185: 30 lines
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Col. 185: broken off on the left side (and on the right side of col. 186)
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
[Onnophris] son of Petheus and Ptolema grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 192);
[- - - son of - - -] and Tasoucharion grandson of Petesouchos;
[Mysthes son of Phaesis] and Aynchis grandson of Mysthes (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 189);
[Dionysios] son of Tepheros, [apator] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 162);
[Ptolemaios] son of Onnophris and Tapetheus grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218);
[Pakysis son of Phanomgeus] and Tepheros grandson of Pakysis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 196);
[Pakysis son of Phasis] and Tanomgeus grandson of Esouris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 196);
[Pasoknopaios son of Phasis] and Tanomgeus grandson of Esouris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 199);
[- - -] Apolinarius;
(unnamed) son of Loukias;
[Orsenouphis son of Pakysis] and Tapetheus grandson of Artemidoros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 194);
[- - - son of - - -] and Thaesis, [grandson of - - -];
[- - - son of - - -] and Heras, [grandson of - - -];
[Petsiris son of Pasoknopaios] and Heros [grandson of Petsiris] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 211);
[Onnophris son of Pasoknopaios] and Heros [grandson of Petsiris] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 191);
[- - - son of - - -] and Taorsenouphis [grandson of - - -];
[Castrensis, doulos of Thaisarion] alias Nebsosis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181);
[- - - son of - - -] and Thaisas [grandson of - - -];
[- - - son of - - -] and Tasoucharion [grandson of - - -];
[Pamonneios (Pamonneouis) son of Anchorimphis] and Didymarion [grandson of Pamonneios] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 197)
Translation
(Col.) 185
(Phaophi 27, continued)
[Onnophris], son of Petheus and Ptolema, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai; (and) the remainder of the ch(--)
[- - - son of - - -] and Tasoucharion, grandson of Petesouchos, for ch(--): 8 drachmai
[Mysthes, son of Phaesis] and Aynchis, grandson of Mysthes: the remainder of the ch(--)
[Dionysios, of unknown father, his mother being] Tepheros: the remainder of the ch(--)
[Ptolemaios], son of Onnophris and Tapetheus, grandson of Petheus, [for guards: 5 drachmai]; for guard towers: 1 drachme 1 obol. Total: 6 drachmai 1 obol.
[Pakysis, son of Phanomgeus] and Tepheros, grandson of Pakysis: the remainder of the ch(--)
[Pakysis, son of Phasis] and Tanomgeus, grandson of Esouris, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
[Pasoknopaios], his brother, (born) of the same mother, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Total for the day: 4[*] drachmai 12 obols.
[On the 28th, similarly:]
[- - -] Apolinarius - (through) the son of Loukias - [for garden land of year 13: for apomoira], 11 drachmai 1 1/2 obols; for olive (transportation), 1 [drachme] 3 1/2 obols; for naubion, 1 drachme 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 2 drachmai 5 obols; [for eparourion, 7 drachmai 3 obols]; for supplements, 3 1/2 obols; for kollybos, 2 1/2 obols. Total: 25 drachmai 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. (Lost in left margin: [24 drachmai 12 obols].)
[Orsenouphis, son of Pakysis] and Tapetheus, grandson of Artemidoros: the remainder of the ch(--)
[- - -, son of - - -] and Thaesis, [grandson of - - -], for ch(--): 4 drachmai
[- - -, son of - - -] and Heras, [grandson of - - -], for ch(--): 4 drachmai
[Petsiris, son of Pasoknopaios] and Heros, [grandson of Petsiris]: the remainder of the ch(--)
[Onnophris, his brother, (born) of the] same [mother]: the remainder of the ch(--)
[- - -, son of - - -] and Taorsenouphis, [grandson of - - -], for ch(--): 4 drachmai
[Total for the day]: 44 drachmai 14 obols.
[On the 29th, similarly:]
[Castrensis, slave of Thaisarion] also called Nebsosis: the remainder of the ch(--)
[- - -, son of - - -] and Thaisas, [grandson of - - -], for ch(--): 4 drachmai 27 obols
[- - -, son of - - -] and Thaisas, [grandson of - - -], for ch(--): 4 drachmai
[- - -, son of - - -] and Tasoucharion, [grandson of - - -]: the remainder of the ch(--)
[Pamonneios, son of Anchorimphis] and Didymarion, [grandson of Pamonneios], for ch(--): 4 drachmai
[- - -], for ch(--): 28 obols
[Total for the day: 24 drachmai 8 obols]

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich IV/1 Youtie HC 1936 225, col. 185 (l. 3054-3083) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 185 (l. 3054-3083), 1936 -- BL III, 114 (l. 3065; 3076) BL III, 114 (l. 3065; 3076)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
P.Mich. IV/2, p. 45.
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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Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
173
Year End
174

Technical Details

Record
3311
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