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P.Mich.inv. 4172

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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);
[- - - son of - - -] and Tasoucharion [grandson of - - -];
[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.
[On the . . .]
[- - -, 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.
[On the . . .]
[Heraklas], son of Petheus and Eserempis, grandson of Heraklas: 8 drachmai
Total for the day: 8 drachmai.
[On the . . .]
Ptolemaios, son of Leonides and Tapetheus, grandson of Papeis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Total for the day: 4 drachmai.
[On the . . .]
[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.
[On the . . .]
[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.
[On the . . .]
[- - -, 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(--)
[- - -]: 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.
[On the . . .]
[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.
[On the . . .]
[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

Information on Publications

Publications
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

Information on Publications--Notes

Notes
Due to the size of this tax roll (P.Mich. IV/1, 225 + IV/2, 358), its content has been divided in the present database into several cards (one for each column).

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Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
173
Year End
174

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