P.Cair. inv. JdE 57187 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Cair. inv. JdE 57187

Processing Number

3258

Section/Side

Recto, col. 171

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto

Connections

+ P.Mich.inv. 4172; cf. also P.Mich. IV/1, 224 + IV/2, 357 (inv. 4171 + 2830 + 3159 + 4910)

Material

Pap

Size

not given; total size: ***

Items

1

Lines

Col. 171: 30 lines

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

Broken off on the left (and on the right of col. 172)

Status

published

Library

Cairo

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

Unknown

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)

Real property tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Poll tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Guards troops--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Persons

Pasoxis son of Pasoxis and Taseus grandson of Panther (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 199);

Phanomgeus son of Petheus and Tamystha grandson of Satabous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 245);

Petaus son of Onnophris and Tkateis grandson of Petaus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 208);

Pnepheros son of Ptolemaios and Heras grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 213);

Sarapion son of Kames and Thaesis grandson of Heras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);

[Onnophris] son of Onnophris and Thermouthis grandson of Sambas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 191);

[Sambas] son of Onnophris and Thermouthis grandson of Sambas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 223);

[Athenion] son of Pyros (Pyrrhos) and Tasoucharion grandson of Athenion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 150);

[. . . <Petaus or Pnepheros> son of Petalos] and Taeuemeros (Taeuhemeros) grandson of Petaus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 81 and 84);

[Sarapion son of Harpalos] and Tapetheus grandson of Sarapion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);

[Didymos son of Satabous] and Tanomgeus grandson of Pakysis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 162);

[. . . <Horos or Polis> son of Petheus] and Herais grandson of Keras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 91 and 103);

[Aphrodisis] (Aphrodisios) son of Sisois and Thaisas grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 158);

[Kopaneus] son of Polydion and Politta grandson of Kopaneus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 184);

[Horos] son of Petaus and Tauris grandson of Petaus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 250);

[Horos] son of Petheus and Eserempis grandson of Aunes (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 250);

[Petheus] son of Petheus and Tauris grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 203);

[. . .] son of Pnepheros and Thaesis grandson of Phanomgeus, (hiereus)

[Herakleides] son of Abykis and Herais grandson of Abykis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 167);

[Sempronius] Oustinos (Vestinus) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 228);

Terpos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 241)

Translation

(Col.) 171

In Mesore, on the [1st] intercalary days:

Pasoxis, son of Pasoxis and Taseus, grandson of Panther, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Phanomgeus, son of Petheus and Tamystha, grandson of Satabous, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Petaus, son of Onnophris and Tkateis, grandson of Petaus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai 28 obols

Pnepheros, son of Ptolemaios and Heras, grandson of Pnepheros, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Sarapion, son of Kames and Thaesis, grandson of Heras, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

[Onnophris], son of Onnophris and Thermouthis, grandson of Sambas, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

[Sambas], his brother, (born) of the same mother, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

[Athenion], son of Pyros and Tasoucharion, grandson of Athenion, for ch(--): 8 drachmai

Total for the day: 36 drachmai 28 obols.

[On the 2nd, similarly:]

[. . ., son of Petalos] and Taeuemeros, grandson of Petaus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai 28 obols

[Sarapion, son of Harpalos] and Tapetheus, grandson of Sarapion, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

[Didymos, son of Satabous] and Tanomgeus, grandson of Pakysis: the remainder of ch(--)

[. . ., son of Petheus] and Herais, grandson of Keras: the remainder of ch(--)

[Aphrodisis], son of Sisois and Thaisas, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

[Kopaneus], son of Polydion and Politta, grandson of Kopaneus: 4 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 8 drachmai

[Horos], son of Petaus and Tauris, grandson of Petaus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

[Horos], son of Petheus and Eserempis, grandson of Aunes: the remainder of ch(--)

Total for the day: 40 drachmai 1 obol.

[On the 3rd, similarly:]

[Petheus], son of Petheus and Tauris, grandson of Petheus, for the guards: 1 drachme; (and) for the guard towers: 7 drachmai. Total: 8 drachmai

[. . .], son of Pnepheros and Thaesis, grandson of Phanomgeus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai; (and) the remainder of the ch(--) of the priests

[Herakleides], son of Abykis and Herais, grandson of Abykis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

[Sempronius] Vestinus - (through) Terpos - [for garden land of year 13: for apomoira], 15 drachmai; for olive (transportation), 3 drachmai 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1 drachme 3 obols; for supplements, 3 drachmai 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; [for eparourion, 11 drachmai 5] 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme; for kollybos, 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 37 drachmai 2 chalkoi. (In left margin: 36 drachmai 12 obols.)

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich IV/2	Youtie HC - Pearl OM	1939	358C, col. 171	pl. I	Youtie HC - Pearl OM, PMich IV/2, 358C, col. 171, 1939, pl. I

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

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

7892 x 10766

File Size

11 MB

Record

3258

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