P.Mich.inv. 4172
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 4172
- Processing Number
- 3356
- Section/Side
- Verso of col. 194 (l. 3296-3334)
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Verso, which continues the text on Recto (l. 3261-3295)
- 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, verso: 39 lines
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Broken off at the top, and left; badly faded and 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
- Subject Headings
- Karanis (Extinct city)--Defenses.
- Priests--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Poll tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Tax exemption--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Persons
- [Petheus son of Ptolemaios] and Tkilbaus (Tkelbaus) grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 204);
- [- - - son of - - -] and Tasoucharion [grandson of - - -];
- [Syros son of Onnophris] and Tkollainis, grandson of Maron (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 231);
- [Heraklas] son of Petheus and Eserempis grandson of Heraklas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 167);
- Ptolemaios son of Leonides and Tapetheus grandson of Papeis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);
- [Heron] son of Sisois and Didymarion grandson of Petesouchos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171-172);
- [Kastor son of Mares] and Soeris grandson of Heras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181);
- [Petheus] son of Petesouchos and Tkateis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 203);
- [- - - son of - - -] grandson of Onnophris;
- [Ptolemaios son of Petesouchos] and Charis grandson of Petesouchos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218);
- [- - - son of Pasoxis] and Thaesis grandson of Polyndikos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 199: the taxpayer's name can be either Kames or Phaesis);
- [Heron son of Pekmeis alias] Heuremon and Sambathion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171);
- [Hatres son of Apollonios] and Taorsenouphis grandson of Heraklas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 156);
- [Besis son of Petheus] and Thermouthis [grandson of Akousilaos] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 159);
- [Pnepheros son of Harphaesis] and Tapondos (Tapontos) grandson of Pnepheros, (hiereus) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 212);
- [- - - son of - - -] and Tkolla... [grandson of - - -];
- [- - - son of - - - and - - -] grandson of [. . .]onios, (hiereus)
- Translation
- [- - -]
- [Total for the day:] 8 drachmai 12 obols.
- [On the . . .]
- [Petheus, son of Ptolemaios] and Tkilbaus, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai 28 obols
- Total for the day: 4 drachmai 28 obols.
- [- - -, son of - - -] and Tasoucharion, [grandson of - - -], for ch(--): 8 drachmai
- [Syros, son of Onnophris] and Tkollainis, grandson of Maron, for ch(--): 8 drachmai 26 obols
- Total for the day: 16 drachmai 26 obols.
- [Heraklas], son of Petheus and Eserempis, grandson of Heraklas: 8 drachmai
- Total for the day: 8 drachmai.
- Ptolemaios, son of Leonides and Tapetheus, grandson of Papeis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
- Total for the day: 4 drachmai.
- [Heron], son of Sisois and Didymarion, grandson of Petesouchos, for ch(--): 28 obols
- [Kastor, son of Mares] and Soeris, grandson of Heras, for ch(--): 8 drachmai
- Total for the day: 8 drachmai 28 obols.
- [Petheus], son of Petesouchos and Tkateis, grandson of Petheus: 4 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 27 obols
- [- - -, son of - - -], grandson of Onnophris, diseased, for guard towers: 2 drachmai 4 obols
- [Ptolemaios, son of Petesouchos] and Charis, grandson of Petesouchos: 8 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 25 obols.
- [Total] for the day: 20 drachmai 17 obols.
- [- - -, son of Pasoxis] and Thaesis, grandson of Polyndikos: the remainder of ch(--)
- [- - -, son of - - -] and Tasoucharion, [grandson of - - -]: the remainder of ch(--)
- [- - -]: the remainder of ch(--)
- [Heron, son of Pekmeis also called] Heuremon and Sambathion: the remainder of ch(--)
- [Total for] the day: 12 [drachmai] 12 obols.
- [Hatres, son of Apollonios] and Taorsenouphis, grandson of Heraklas: the remainder of ch(--)
- [Besis, son of Petheus] and Thermouthis, [grandson of Akousilaos]: the remainder of ch(--)
- [Total for] the day: 4 [drachmai] 11 obols.
- [Pnepheros, son of Harphaesis] and Tapondos, grandson of Pnepheros: the remainder of the ch(--) of the priests
- [- - -, son of - - -] and Tkolla..., [grandson of - - -], for ch(--): 8 drachmai; (and) the remainder of the ch(--)
- [- - -, son of - - - and - - -], grandson of [. . .]onios: the remainder of the ch(--) of the priests
- [Total for the day: 12 drachmai] 15 obols
- 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, verso of col. 194 (l. 3296-3334) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, verso of col. 194 (l. 3296-3334), 1936 -- BL III, 114 (l. 3317) BL III, 114 (l. 3317)
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- P.Mich. IV/2, p. 45.
- 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
- 3356
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