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P.Mich.inv. 4172

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4172
Processing Number
3352
Section/Side
Recto, col. [...] (between 194 and 201) (l. 2990-3022)

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
This fragment: 20.5 x 27.8 cm; total size: ***
Items
1
Lines
This col.: 33 lines
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Broken off at the left, right, and bottom; badlu damaged
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
Sarapion son of Perigenes and Tanais grandson of Akousilaos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);
Perigenes son of Zoilos and Sambathion grandson of Ptolemiaos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 208);
Pasion son of Petheus and Zoidous grandson of Kames (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 198);
Gaius Iulius Niger (see P. Mich. VI, 422 introd.; Eos 49 [1957/1958] 155-164);
(unnamed) son of . . . grandson(?) of Pases;
Sarap(--) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 224);
Eutyches, doulos of Sarapias (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 165);
Sabinus son of Petheus and Herakleia grandson of Phanomgeus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 222);
Ptolemaios son of Papeis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218);
[Sarapion] alias Sokrates son of Achillas and Tamaron grandson of Hatres (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);
[Sarapion] son of Onnophris and Tkollainis grandson of Maron (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);
Phanomgeus son of Phanomgeus and Tapsais grandson of Phanomgeus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 245);
Heraklas son of Ptolemaios and Ammonous grandson of Kastor (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 167);
Sabinus son of Ptolemaios and Zoidous grandson of Ptolemaios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 222);
Pamonneios (Pamonneouis) son of Anchorimphis and [Didymarion] grandson of Pamonneios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 197);
Onnophris son of Ptolemaios and [Taoueiteis] grandson of Onnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 192)
Translation
[(Col.) . . .]
[On the . . .:]
Sarapion, son of Perigenes and Tanais, grandson of Akousilaos, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Perigenes, son of Zoilos and Sambathion, grandson of Ptolemiaos: the remainder of ch(--)
Total for the day: 4 drachmai 20 obols.
On the 17th, similarly:
Pasion, son of Petheus and Zoidous, grandson of Kames, for ch(--): 8 drachmai; (and) the remainder of ch(--)
Gaius Iulius Niger - (through) the son of . . ., son(?) of Pases - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 23 drachmai 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for olive (transportation), 3 drachmai 2 obols; for naubion, 2 drachmai 2 obols; for supplements, 5 drachmai 5 obols; for eparourion, 15 drachmai 3 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme 2 obols; for kollybos, 5 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 52 drachmai 3 1/2 obols.
(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 1 drachme 1/2 obol; for supplements: 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; [for kollybos: 2 chalkoi]. Total: 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols.
(And) for the naubion of owners of private land, similarly: 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols; for supplements: 1 1/2 obols; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 1 drachme 3 obols 2 chalkoi. (In left margin: 56 drachmai 3 obols, of which a deposit of Sarap(--): . . drachmai.)
Eutyches, slave of Sarapias: the remainder of ch(--)
Sabinus, son of Petheus and Herakleia, grandson of Phanomgeus: the remainder of ch(--)
Total for the day: 72 drachmai 5 obols.
On the 18th, similarly:
Ptolemaios, son of Papeis: for the tax on camels, for year 14: 10 drachmai; for supplements: [3] 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 10 drachmai 3 [1/2] obols [2 chalkoi]. (In left margin: [8 drachmai] 24 [obols].)
Total for the day: 8 drachmai 24 obols.
[On the . .], similarly:
[Sarapion] also called Sokrates, son of Achillas and Tamaron, grandson of Hatres, for ch(--): 8 drachmai
[Sarapion], son of Onnophris and Tkollainis, grandson of Maron: 16 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Total for the day: [[20 drachmai]] 28 drachmai.
On the 22nd, similarly:
Phanomgeus, son of Phanomgeus and Tapsais, grandson of Phanomgeus, [for ch(--): - - -; (and) the remainder of ch(--)]
[Total for the day: . . drachmai] 20 [obols].
On the 23rd, similarly:
Heraklas, son of Ptolemaios and Ammonous, grandson of Kastor: [4 drachmai]
Total for the day: 4 drachmai.
On the 26th, similarly:
Sabinus, son of Ptolemaios and Zoidous, grandson of Ptolemaios: [- - -]
Pamonneios, son of Anchorimphis and [Didymarion], grandson of Pamonneios, [for ch(--): - - -]
Onnophris, son of Ptolemaios and [Taoueiteis], grandson of Onnophris: [- - -]
[- - -]

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich IV/1 Youtie HC 1936 225, col. [...] (between 194 and 201) (l. 2990-3022) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. [...] (between 194 and 201) (l. 2990-3022), 1936 -- BL III, 114 (place of column; l. 3021) BL III, 114 (place of column; l. 3021)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
P.Mich. IV/2, p. 44.
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
3352
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