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P.Mich.inv. 4172

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4172
Processing Number
3353
Section/Side
Recto, col. [...-...] (past 201) (l. 3349-3379)

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: 17.1 x 28.1 cm; total size: ***
Items
1
Lines
This fragment, 1st col.: 3 lines; 2nd column: 31 lines
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Broken off on the left and right
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
Petheus son of Petheus [and - - -] grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 203: the mother's name could be Taelekis or Tauris);
Ptolemaios son of Mysthes and Charis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);
Eudas son of Sambas and Ammonous grandson of Petheus, [(hiereus)] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 164);
Heron son of Petheus and Taonnophris grandson of Teos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171);
Ptolemaios son of Psenesis and Thermouthis grandson of Onnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 219);
Thermouthis daughter of Ptolemaios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 176);
(unnamed) daughter of [- - -];
Valerius Serenus;
Sempronius Gemellus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 228);
Sarap(--) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 224);
(unnamed) author of this roll;
Athenion son of Naaraus and [Demarous] grandson of Theabenos (Theabennis) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 150);
Theon son of Petheus and Herais grandson of Theon (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 177);
Mysthes son of Mysthes and [Tasoucharion] grandson of Mysthes (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 189)
Translation
[(Col.) 2**]
[- - -] the remainder of ch(--)
Record of daily receipts for year 14, in year 15:
On Phamenoth 24:
Petheus, son of Petheus [and - - -], grandson of Petheus [- - -]
Total for the day: [- - -]
On the 25th, similarly:
Ptolemaios, son of Mysthes and Charis, grandson of Petheus, [for the remainder of ch(--): 17 obols]
Eudas, son of Sambas and Ammonous, grandson of Petheus, [for ch(--): 8 drachmai; (and) the remainder of the ch(--) of the priests]
Total for the day: 12 drachmai.
On the 27th, similarly:
Heron, son of Petheus and Taonnophris, grandson of Teos: [the remainder of ch(--)]
Total for the day: 20 obols.
On the 29th, similarly:
Ptolemaios, son of Psenesis and Thermouthis, grandson of Onnophris: [the remainder of ch(--)]
Total for the day: 20 [[drachmai]] obols.
On the 30th, similarly:
Thermouthis, daughter of Ptolemaios - (through) the daughter of [- - -] - for garden land of year [13]: for apomoira, 21 drachmai 5 obols 2 chalkoi; for olive (transportation), 3 drachmai 1 obol; for naubion, 2 drachmai [1 obol 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 5 drachmai 2 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi]; for eparourion, 14 drachmai 3 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 5 obols. [Total: 49 drachmai 2 obols].
And for Valerius Serenus: for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 5 drachmai 2 1/2 obols; for olive (transportation), 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 3 obols [2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1 drachme 2 obols 2 chalkoi]; for eparourion, 3 drachmai 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1 obol [2 chalkoi. Total: 12 drachmai 1 1/2 obols].
And for interest for the loan of Sempronius Gemellus, [for year 14, for the idios logos, for] Thermouthis, daughter of Ptolemaios [- - -]. (In left margin: 140 drachmai, of which a deposit has been made to Sarap(--): 80 drachmai, and to me: 60 drachmai.)
Athenion, son of Naaraus and [Demarous], grandson of Theabenos [- - -]
Theon, son of Petheus and Herais, grandson of Theon: [20 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 16 drachmai]
Theon, son of Petheus - (through) [- - -] - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 3 drachmai 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for olive (transportation), 3 obols; for naubion, 2 obols; for supplements, [4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi]; for eparourion, 4 drachmai 1 obol; for supplements, 2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1 obol. [Total: 9 drachmai 2 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi].
(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 1 drachme 2 1/2 obols; for supplements: 1 obol; for kollybos: [2 chalkoi. Total: 1 drachme 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi]. (In left margin: Deposit to Sarap(--): 48 drachmai; 12 drachmai.)
Mysthes, son of Mysthes and [Tasoucharion], grandson of Mysthes: [- - -]

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich IV/1 Youtie HC 1936 225, col. [...-...] (past 201) (l. 3349-3379) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. [...-...] (past 201) (l. 3349-3379), 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
3353
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