P.Mich.inv. 4172

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4172
Processing Number
3317
Section/Side
Recto, col. 190 (l. 3157-3186)

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. 190: 16.7 x 29 cm; total size: ***
Items
3
Lines
col. 190: 30 lines
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Broken off on the right, with damage in the middle and at the bottom; cut off on the left (beginning of a new sheet)
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
Ptolemais daughter of Apollonios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 220);
Ischyras son of Adamas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 179);
Mysthes son of Ptolemaios and Terpos grandson of Mysthes (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 189);
Thaesis daughter of Onnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 172);
Ptolemaios son of Ammonios;
Ptolemaios son of Ischyrion and Didyme grandson of Ammonios;
Theon son of Theon and Zoidous grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 177);
Ptolemaios son of Harphaesis and Tasoucharion grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);
(Satabous alias) Komon son of Onnophris and Ptolema grandson of Satabous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 226);
Pasion son of Onnophris and Ptolema grandson of Satabous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 198);
Valeria Thaisarion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 194);
Sokrates son of Samalas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 232);
Tamaron daughter of Heras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 233);
Cassianus (son of Tiasench) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181);
Sentia Teraus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 228);
Mysthes son of Isidoros and Taonnophris grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 188);
Isidoros son of Mysthes and Thaseis grandson of Isidoros and Taonnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 179);
[Apollos] son of Mysthes and Thaseis grandson of Isidoros and Taonnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 153)
Translation
(Col.) 190
On Hadrianou 18:
Ptolemais, daughter of Apollonios - (through) Ischyras, son of Adamas - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 17 drachmai 3 obols; for olive (transportation), 2 drachmai 2 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1 drachme 4 1/2 obols; for supplements, [4 drachmai 2 1/2 obols]; for eparourion, 11 drachmai 4 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme; for kollybos, 4 obols. [Total: 39 drachmai 2 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi]. (In left margin: 40 drachmai.)
Mysthes, son of Ptolemaios and Terpos, grandson of Mysthes: [- - -]
Thaesis, daughter of Onnophris - (through) Ptolemaios, son of Ammonios - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 10 drachmai; for olive (transportation), 4 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1 drachme; for supplements, 2 drachmai 2 obols 2 chalkoi; for eparourion, 6 drachmai 4 obols; for supplements, 3 1/2 obols; for kollybos, 2 obols 2 chalkoi. [Total: 21 drachmai 4 obols 2 chalkoi]. (In left margin: 20 drachmai 17 obols.)
(In left margin: [[- - -]])
Ptolemaios, son of Ischyrion and Didyme, grandson of Ammonios, for guards: 5 drachmai; (and) for guard towers: 9 drachmai 1 obol. [Total: 14 drachmai 1 obol]
Theon, son of Theon and Zoidous, grandson of Petheus: [- - -]
Ptolemaios, son of Harphaesis and Tasoucharion, grandson of Pnepheros: [- - -]
Komon, son of Onnophris and Ptolema, grandson of Satabous: [- - -]
Pasion, his brother, his mother being the same: [- - -]
Valeria Thaisarion - (through) Sokrates, son of Samalas - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 7 drachmai [4 obols; for olive (transportation), 1 drachme] 1/2 obol; [for naubion, 4] 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1 drachme 5 [1/2] obols; for eparourion, 5 drachmai 1/2 obol; for supplements, [2 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1] 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. [Total: 17 drachmai 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi].
(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, [for year 14: 3 drachmai 4 obols; for supplements: 2] 1/2 obols; for kollybos: 1/2 obol. [Total: 4 drachmai 1 obol].
(And) for the tax on camels, [for year 14, 70 drachmai; for supplements, 4 drachmai 2] 1/2 obols. [Total: 74 drachmai 2 1/2 obols.] (In left margin: 96 drachmai 9 obols.)
Tamaron, daughter of Heras - (through) Cassianus - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 39 drachmai 4 obols; for olive (transportation), 5 drachmai 4 obols; for naubion, 4 drachmai; for supplements, 10 drachmai; for eparourion, 26 drachmai 4 obols; for supplements, 2 drachmai 1 1/2 obols; for kollybos, 1 drachme 3 obols. [Total: 89 drachmai 4 1/2 obols].
And for Sentia Teraus, for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 5 drachmai 3 obols 2 chalkoi; for olive (transportation), 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 3 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme [2 1/2 obols]; for eparourion, 3 drachmai 5 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 2 obols; for kollybos, 1 1/2 obols. [Total: 12 drachmai 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi]. (In left margin: 100 drachmai 27 obols.)
Mysthes, son of Isidoros and Taonnophris, grandson of Petheus, for guards: 5 drachmai; (and) for guard towers: [[9 drachmai 1 obol]] 7 drachmai. [Total: 12 drachmai].
Isidoros, his son, his mother being Thasis: [- - -]
[Apollos, his brother], his mother being the same: [- - -]

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich IV/1 Youtie HC 1936 225, col. 190 (l. 3157-3186) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 190 (l. 3157-3186), 1936 -- BL III, 114 (l. 3158-3165; 3173-376) BL III, 114 (l. 3158-3165; 3173-376)
PMich IV/2 Youtie HC - Pearl OM 1939 p. 45 (reedition of l. 3158-3165 and 3173-3176) Youtie HC - Pearl OM, PMich IV/2, p. 45 (reedition of l. 3158-3165 and 3173-3176), 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

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Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
173
Year End
174

Technical Details

Record
3317
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