P.Mich.inv. 4172
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 4172
- Processing Number
- 3313
- Section/Side
- Recto, col. 187 (l. 3111-3138)
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; on the Verso, an offset of the first two lines (l. 3188-3189) of column 191
- Connections
- + P.Cair. Inv. 57187; cf. also P.Mich. IV/1, 224 + IV/2, 357 (inv. 4171 + 2830 + 3159 + 4910)
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- col. 187-188: 19.1 x 28 cm; total size: ***
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Col. 187: 28 lines
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Col. 187: broken off on the left side (and on the right side of col. 188)
- 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)
- Real property tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Poll tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Tax exemption--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Persons
- [Heras] son of Ptolemaios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 169);
- (unnamed) wife of Eudas son of Krepereis (Crepereius) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 164);
- [Achillas] son of Ptollis and Thermouthis grandson of Hieranouphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 158);
- [- - -] son of Satabous and Tkonnos grandson of Maron (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 226: the taxpayer's name can be Maron or Menches);
- Herakleides son of Abykis and Herais grandson of Abykis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 167);
- [Heron] son of Horos and Taarpagathes (Taharpagathes) grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171);
- Sokmenis son of Sokrates and Tapetheus grandson of Phasis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 230);
- [- - -] son of Petaus and Segathis grandson of Orsenouphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 208-209: the taxpayer's name can be Herakles or Petheus);
- Aphrodisios son of Ptolemaios and Tapetesouchos grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 158);
- Mystharion son of Ischyrion and Tapetheus grandson of Euemeros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 188);
- [Horion] son of Aphrodisios and Tapetaus grandson of Onnophris, (hiereus) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 248);
- [Ptolemaios son of Naaraus] presbyteros and Tamares (Tamarres) grandson of Theabenis (Theabennis) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);
- [Horion son of Sisouchos] and Apollonous [grandson of Sisouchos] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 249);
- [Ptolemaios son of Agathos Daimon] and Stiynchis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 2126);
- [- - - son of Petheus] and Taseus grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 204: the taxpayer's name can be Aphrodisios, Ptolemaios, or Vettius);
- [- - - son of - - -] and Ammonarion [grandson of - - -];
- [Sisois son of Onnophris] and Tapetheus grandson of Akousilaos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 229);
- [Dioskoros son of Aiaus] and Thases grandson of Orsenouphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 162);
- [Ptolemaios] son of Petermouthis and Thermouthis grandson of Apynchis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218)
- Translation
- (Col.) 187
- [On the . . (between the 2nd and of the 9th of Hathyr), similarly:]
- [Heras], son of Ptolemaios - (through) the wife of Eudas Crepereius - [for garden land of year 13]: for apomoira, 9 drachmai 2 obols 2 chalkoi; for olive (transportation), 1 drachme 2 obols; for naubion, 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 2 drachmai 2 obols; [for eparourion, 6 drachmai] 1 1/2 obols; for supplements, [3] obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 2 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 21 drachmai 1 obol. (Lost in left margin: [20 drachmai 13 obols].)
- [Achillas], son of Ptollis and Thermouthis, grandson of Hieranouphis, for ch(--): 4 <drachmai> 28 obols.
- [- - -], son of Satabous and Tkonnos, grandson of Maron: the remainder of the ch(--)
- Herakleides, son of Abykis and Herais, grandson of Abykis: the remainder of the ch(--)
- [Heron], son of Horos and Taarpagathes, grandson of Petheus: 4 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 16 drachmai
- Total for the day: 52 drachmai 23 obols.
- [On the . ., similarly:]
- Sokmenis, son of Sokrates and Tapetheus, grandson of Phasis: the remainder of the ch(--)
- [- - -], son of Petaus and Segathis, grandson of Orsenouphis: the remainder of the ch(--)
- Aphrodisios, son of Ptolemaios and Tapetesouchos, grandson of Petheus: the remainder of the ch(--)
- Mystharion, son of Ischyrion and Tapetheus, grandson of Euemeros, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
- [Horion], son of Aphrodisios and Tapetaus, grandson of Onnophris, for ch(--): 4 drachmai; (and) the remainder of the ch(--) of the priests
- [Ptolemaios, son of Naaraus] the elder and Tamares, grandson of Theabenis: the remainder of the ch(--)
- [Total for] the day: 20 drachmai 5 obols.
- [Horion, son of Sisouchos] and Apollonous, [grandson of Sisouchos], for ch(--): 4 drachmai
- [Ptolemaios, son of Agathos Daimon] and Stiynchis, grandson of Petheus: the remainder of the ch(--)
- [- - -, son of Petheus] and Taseus, grandson of Pnepheros, for ch(--): 8 drachmai
- [- - -, son of - - -] and Ammonarion, [grandson of - - -], for ch(--): 4 drachmai
- [Sisois, son of Onnophris] and Tapetheus, grandson of Akousilaos: the remainder of the ch(--)
- [Dioskoros, son of Aiaus] and Thases, grandson of Orsenouphis: the remainder of the ch(--)
- [Ptolemaios], son of Petermouthis and Thermouthis, grandson of Apynchis, [diseased], for guard towers: 2 drachmai 1 obol
- [Total] for the day: 24 drachmai 22 obols
- 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. 187 (l. 3111-3138) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 187 (l. 3111-3138), 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
- Record
- 3313
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