P.Mich.inv. 4172
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 4172
- Processing Number
- 3321
- Section/Side
- Recto, col. 194 (l. 3261-3295)
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso bears the continuation of the text (l. 3296-3334)
- Connections
- + P.Cair. Inv. 57187; cf. also P.Mich. IV/1, 224 + IV/2, 357 (inv. 4171 + 2830 + 3159 + 4910)
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- col. 194: 16 x 28.5 cm; total size: ***
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- col. 194, recto: 35 lines
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Broken off at the top, left, and right; damaged at places
- 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
- Real property tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Poll tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Agricultural laborers--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Persons
- [Ptolemaios] son of Mysthes and Charis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);
- Pataus (Petaus) son of Onnophris and Tkateis grandson ofPetaus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 208);
- Sambas son of Pasoknopaios and Tapetheus grandson of Horos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 223);
- Petheus son of Heron and Eserempis grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 201);
- Melanas son of Pnepheros and Tasoucharion grandson of Pakysis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 188);
- Pnepheros son of Pasoxis and Thakiaris (Thakialis) grandson of Petesouchos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 213);
- Sarapion son of Valerius and Stotoetis grandson of Sarapion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225-226);
- Sarapion son of Heras presbyteros and Thermouthis grandson of Herakles (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);
- [Pasion] son of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 198);
- Tiotisitias;
- Ptolemaios son of Harpagathes and Thaesis grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);
- Pnepheros son of Esouris and Zoidous grandson of Onnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 212);
- [Kastor] son of Ptolemaios and Tapasion grandson of Phaesis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);
- [Heras] son of Melanas, georgos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 169);
- Antonius (see Geography);
- Seneca (see Geography)
- [- - - son of - - -] (and) Thaisas grandson of Petheus;
- [- - - son of - - -] and [- - -] grandson of Petheus
- Geographica
- 24th cleruchy; Antoniane ousia (Antonius' estate); Senekane ousia (Seneca's estate)
- Translation
- [(Col.) 194]
- [On the 22nd (of Hadrianou), similarly:]
- [Ptolemaios], son of Mysthes and Charis, grandson of Petheus, [for ch(--): 12 drachmai; (and) for the remainder of ch(--): 3 obols]
- Pataus, son of Onnophris and Tkateis, grandson ofPetaus: the remainder of ch(--)
- Total for the day: 12 drachmai 23 obols.
- On the 23rd, similarly:
- Sambas, son of Pasoknopaios and Tapetheus, grandson of Horos, for ch(--): 4 drachmai [. . obols]
- Petheus, son of Heron and Eserempis, grandson of Pnepheros, for the remainder of ch(--): [. .] obols
- Melanas, son of Pnepheros and Tasoucharion, grandson of Pakysis: the remainder of ch(--)
- Total for the day: 12 drachmai 2 obols.
- [On the . .], similarly:
- Pnepheros, son of Pasoxis and Thakiaris, grandson of Petesouchos: the remainder of ch(--)
- Sarapion, son of Valerius and Stotoetis, grandson of Sarapion: the remainder of ch(--)
- Total for the day: 4 drachmai 11 [obols].
- [On the . . .]
- Sarapion, son of Heras the elder and Thermouthis, grandson of Herakles: the remainder of ch(--)
- Total for the day: 20 [[drachmai]] obols.
- [Pasion], son of Pnepheros - (through) Tiotisitias - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 22 drachmai 1 1/2 obols; for olive (transportation), 3 drachmai 1 obol; for naubion, 2 drachmai 1 1/2 obols; for supplements, 5 drachmai 3 1/2 obols; [for eparourion], 14 drachmai 4 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme 1 obol; for kollybos, 5 obols. Total: 49 drachmai 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. (Lost in left margin: [48 drachmai . . obols].)
- Ptolemaios, son of Harpagathes and Thaesis, grandson of Pnepheros: [- - -]
- Pnepheros, son of Esouris and Zoidous, grandson of Onnophris: [- - -]
- [Kastor], son of Ptolemaios and Tapasion, grandson of Phaesis: [- - -]
- [Heras], son of Melanas, cultivator in the 24th cleruchy, [for the transport of sheaves] for year 14, for the Antonian estate: [16 drachmai including extra charges];
- (and) for the Senecan estate, similarly: [4 drachmai including extra charges];
- (and) for the tax on productive shore land, for year 14, for the same estate, for apomoira, 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1/2 obol; for supplements, 1 obol 2 chalkoi; [for eparourion], 3obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. [Total: 1 drachme 4 1/2 obols].
- (And) for a quarter of the geometria: 1 drachme; for supplements: 1/2 obol. [Total: 1 drachme 1/2 obol]. (Lost in left margin: [24 drachmai . . obols].)
- Total for the day: 92 drachmai 16 obols.
- [- - -, son of - - -] (and) Thaisas, grandson of Petheus: the remainder [of ch(--)]
- [- - -, son of - - -] and [- - -], grandson of Petheus: [- - -]
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3263
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich IV/1 Youtie HC 1936 225, col. 194 (l. 3261-3295) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 194 (l. 3261-3295), 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
- 3321
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