P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

About this Item

Related Views

front | summary (1 items)

front | detail (1 items)

Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 4172

Processing Number

3346

Section/Side

Recto, col. 59 (l. 1451-1497)

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso of col. 59 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. 59-60: 36.1 x 29.3 cm; total size: ***

Items

1

Lines

Col. 59: 47 lines

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Col. 59: nearly complete (papyrus cut off left of col. 59 when housed in glass)

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 is cross-referenced with a page of another register, where taxpayers were listed geographically

Subject Headings

Baths, Roman--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Karanis (Extinct city)--Defenses.

Slaves--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Poll tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Guards troops--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Tax exemption--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Brothers--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Disease--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Persons

Heron son of Ekysis and Herais grandson of Menandros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171);

Heron son of Ptolemaios and Heras grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171);

Kastor son of Sisois and Thaisas grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);

Petaus son of Esouris and Tkollauthis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 208);

Petheus son of Pakysis and Tamaron grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 202);

Horos son of Harpagathes and Thaesis grandson of Horos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 249);

Sarapion son of Phasis and Helene grandson of Keras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);

Sarapion son of Valerius and Stotoetis grandson of Sarapion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225-226);

Horos son of Anchorimphis and Achillis grandson of Horos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 249);

Kastor alias Sabinus son of Ptolemaios and Melidous grandson of Satabous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);

Isidoros son of Mysthes and Thasis grandson of Isidoros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 179);

Apollos son of Mysthes and Thasis grandson of Isidoros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 153);

Petaus son of Pnepheros and Thaesis grandson of Phanomgeus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 209);

Lucius Longinus Gemellus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 185-186; P.Cair.Mich. 359, vol. II, p. 25);

Agathopous, doulos of Thermouthis alias Tpaietis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 148);

Orsenouphis son of Heron and Zoidous grandson of Orsenouphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 193);

Artemas son of Heron and Thaesis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 155);

Onnophris son of Petheus and <Taonnophris> grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 192);

Ptolemaios son of Onnophris and Tapetheus grandson of Petheus and Taonnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218);

Kastor son of Onnophris and Tapetheus grandson of Petheus and Taonnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181)

Translation

(Col.) 59

(Pharmouthi 28, continued)

Heron, son of Ekysis and Herais, grandson of Menandros: 4 drachmai

column 51

Heron, son of Ptolemaios and Heras, grandson of Pnepheros: 28 obols

column 59

Kastor, son of Sisois and Thaisas, grandson of Petheus: 28 obols

column 65

Petaus, son of Esouris and Tkollauthis, grandson of Petheus: 4 drachmai

column 71

Petheus, son of Pakysis and Tamaron, grandson of Petheus: 8 drachmai

column 69

Total for the day: 48 drachmai 27 obols.

On the 29th, similarly:

Horos, son of Harpagathes and Thaesis, grandson of Horos: 20 drachmai

column 31

Sarapion, son of Phasis and Helene, grandson of Keras: 4 drachmai

column 85

Sarapion, son of Valerius and Stotoetis, grandson of Sarapion: 8 drachmai

Horos, son of Anchorimphis and Achillis, grandson of Horos: 4 drachmai

column 98

Kastor also called Sabinus, son of Ptolemaios and Melidous, grandson of Satabous: 4 drachmai

column 99

Total for the day: 40 drachmai

In Pachon:

on the 2nd:

Isidoros, son of Mysthes and Thasis, grandson of Isidoros: 16 drachmai

column 3

Apollos, his brother, (born) of the same mother: 16 drachmai

Petaus, son of Pnepheros and Thaesis, grandson of Phanomgeus: 4 drachmai

column 11

Lucius Longinus Gemellus, for the third (of the revenue) of the bath establishment, for [[year 13]] year14: 28 drachmai including extra charges. (In left margin: 28 drachmai.)

Agathopous, slave of Thermouthis also called Tpaietis: 28 obols

column 21

Orsenouphis, son of Heron and Zoidous, grandson of Orsenouphis: 28 obols

column 23

Artemas, son of Heron and Thaesis, grandson of Petheus: 8 drachmai 28 obols

column 96

Onnophris, son of Petheus and <Taonnophris>, grandson of Petheus, over the age (of liability to the poll-tax), for the guards: 4 drachmai

column 24

Ptolemaios, his son, (born) of Tapetheus, diseased, for the guard towers: 8 drachmai

Kastor, his other (son), (born) of the same mother: 8 drachmai

Total for the day: 100 drachmai 26 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. 59 (l. 1451-1497)	Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 59 (l. 1451-1497), 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

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

s

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

173

Year End

174

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

7696 x 6083

File Size

6 MB

Record

3346

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3346/4172_16ro.tif content_copy

Related Links

IIIF

Manifest

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/apis:3346:4172_16RO.TIF content_copy