P.Mich.inv. 618 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 618
- Processing Number
- 2663
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto
- Connections
- Archive of Nemesion, son of Zoilos, tax-collector of Philadelphia
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 22 x 28.7 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 1-15
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Nearly complete
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- September 29-October 28, 51 A.D.
- Origin
- Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- purchased by Kelsey in 1921 from an Egyptian through Dr. David L. Askren, Fayoum
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Unknown tax-collector
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Account of Tax Arrears
- Content
- Account of arrears owed at the beginning of the 12th year of Claudius, in Philadelphia, for the poll tax, pig tax, and dike tax for the 11th, 9th, 8th, 7th and 6th years of the same reign. The economic crisis of these years was partly due to unusual Nile floods.
- Persons
- Claudius, Emperor
- Geographica
- Philadelpheia (Philadelphia)
- Translation
- Owed in Phaophi of the 12th year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, for Philadelphia:
- Year 12, poll tax, in the light of the overall estimate of the 11th year: 3068 drachmai.
- Year 9, pig tax: 244 drachmai,
- dike tax: 2586 drachmai 4 obols.
- Year 8, poll tax: 2 talents 3190 drachmai 2 obols 4 chalkoi,
- pig tax: 593 drachmai 5 obols,
- dike tax: 3800 drachmai.
- Year 7, poll tax: 4 talents 4046 drachmai,
- pig tax: 676 drachmai 5 obols 4 chalkoi,
- dike tax: 3080 drachmai.
- Year 6, poll tax: 2533 drachmai 3 obols, pig tax: 389 drachmai 3 obols, dike tax: 3140 drachmai.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.4224
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich X Browne GM 1970 594 Browne GM, PMich X, 594, 1970
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- R. Ziegler, ZPE 106 (1995),192.
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- s
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH; TC
- Year Begin
- 51
- Year End
- 51
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2320 x 3042
- File Size
- 939 KB
- Record
- 2663
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2663/618r_a.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 618; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2663/618r_a.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2025.