P.Cair. inv. JdE 57187 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Cair. inv. JdE 57187

Processing Number

3259

Section/Side

Recto, col. [172]

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. 172: 30 lines

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

Broken off on the right (and on the left of col. 171)

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

Pigs--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Slaves--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

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

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

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

CamelsxTaxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Persons

Harpagathes son of Satabous [and Sambathion grandson of - - - <Anchophis or perhaps Horos>] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 155);

Ptolemaios son of Petheus [and - - - grandson of - - -] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218 for the possibilities);

Onnophris son of Sisois [and Thaesis] grandson of Petsiris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 192);

Pnepheros son of Ptolemaios [and - - - <Heras or Thaesis>] grandson ofPnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 213);

Ammon son of Apion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 150);

Apion son of Ammon (grandson of Apion) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 152);

Leonides son of Apion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 184);

Ptolemaios son of Leonides [and - - - grandson of - - -] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217 for the possibilities);

Sokmenis son of Sokrates [and Tapetheus] grandson of Phasis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 230);

Ammonis (Ammonios) son of Pasoknopaios [and Thatres] grandson of Limnaios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 151);

Kopres son of Orsenouphis;

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

Chairemon son of Heron [and Didyme] grandson of Orsenouphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 247);

Chairemon son of Pasoxis [and Tanephremis] grandson of Pasoxis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 247);

Ptolemaios son of Petheus [and - - - grandson of - - -] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218-219 for the possibilities);

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

Sisois son of Petesouchos [and Tkonnos] grandson of Herakles (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 229);

Sarapion [son of Thaisas], doulos of Syros [alias Ptolemaios] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);

Horion son of Aphrodisios [and Tapetaus] grandson of Onnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 248)

Geographica

Aigypt(--)

Translation

[(Col.) 172]

(3rd intercalary day, continued)

Harpagathes, son of Satabous [and Sambathion, grandson of - - -: - - -]

Ptolemaios, son of Petheus [and - - -, grandson of - - -: - - -]

Onnophris, son of Sisois [and Thaesis], grandson of Petsiris: [- - -]

Pnepheros, son of Ptolemaios [and - - -], grandson ofPnepheros: [- - -]

Ammon, son of Apion - (through) Apion, son of Ammon - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 5 drachmai; for olive (transportation), 4 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, [3 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols]; for eparourion, 3 drachmai 2 obols; for supplements, 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, [1 obol 2 chalkoi. Total: 11 drachmai 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi].

And for Leonides, son of Apion, for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 1 drachme 2 chalkoi; for olive (transportation), 1 1/2 obols; for naubion, [1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi]; for eparourion, 4 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 2 drachmai 3 1/2 obols].

(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].

(And) for the naubion of owners of private land, similarly: 4 obols; for supplements: 1 obol; [for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 5 obols 2 chalkoi]. (In left margin: 16 drachmai 15 obols.)

Ptolemaios, son of Leonides [and - - -, grandson of - - -: - - -]

Total for the day: 1[**] drachmai [. . obols].

On the 4th similarly:

Sokmenis, son of Sokrates [and Tapetheus], grandson of Phasis, [for ch(--): 4 drachmai]

Ammonis, son of Pasoknopaios [and Thatres], grandson of Limnaios, [for ch(--): - - -]

Kopres, son of Orsenouphis, for the tax on camels, for year 14, [10] drachmai; [for supplements, 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 10 drachmai 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.] (In left margin: 8 drachmai 24 obols.)

Horos also called Karanos, son of Petheus [and Tauris, grandson of Herakles], 12 drachmai 4 obols; (and) for the pig tax: [5 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 13 drachmai 3 obols 2 chalkoi].

Chairemon, son of Heron [and Didyme], grandson of Orsenouphis, [for ch(--): - - -]

Chairemon, son of Pasoxis [and Tanephremis], grandson of Pasoxis, [for ch(--): - - -]

Ptolemaios, son of Petheus [and - - -, grandson of - - -: - - -] (In left margin: Aigypt(--): 8 . . .]

Aphrodisis, son of Ptolemaios [and Tapetesouchos], grandson of Petheus, [for ch(--): - - -]

Sisois, son of Petesouchos [and Tkonnos], grandson of Herakles, [for ch(--): - - -]

Sarapion, slave of Syros [also called Ptolemaios, the off-spring of Thaisas, for ch(--): - - -]

Horion, son of Aphrodisios [and Tapetaus], grandson of Onnophris, [for ch(--): 4 drachmai]

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3262

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. [172]	pl. I	Youtie HC - Pearl OM, PMich IV/2, 358C, col. [172], 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

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Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

173

Year End

174

Technical Details

Collection

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Image Size

7892 x 10766

File Size

11 MB

Record

3259

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