P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 4172

Processing Number

3280

Section/Side

Recto, col. 136 (l. 2409-2437)

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is blank

Connections

+ P.Cair. Inv. 57187; cf. also P.Mich. IV/1, 224 + IV/2, 357 (inv. 4171 + 2830 + 3159 + 4910)

Material

Pap

Size

col. 136: 21.5 x 29.6 cm; total size: ***

Items

1

Lines

Col. 136: 29 lines

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Col. 136: nearly complete (papyrus cut off right of col. 136 when housed in glass)

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

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)

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

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

People with disabilities--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Persons

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

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

Patron son of Sokmenis and Taonnophris grandson of Sokmenis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 200);

Herais daughter of Didas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 166);

Titinmouis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 242);

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

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

Chairemon son of Chairemon and Sokratiaine grandson of Sambas

Demetrous daughter of Apollodoros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 160);

Sempronia Gemella (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 228);

Sichiphas (Skiphas) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 230);

Sempronia Petronia (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 228);

Ouetis (Ouettis, Vettius) son of Petheus and Taseus grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 195);

Ptolemaios son of Petheus and Taseus grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218);

Eutyches, doulos of Sarapias (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 165);

Satabous son of Onnophris = kyllos Talanton (= Kinkiol) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 226 and ZPE 17 [1975] p. 223)

Translation

(Col.) 136

In Epeiph,

on the 3rd.

Sisois, son of Petesouchos and Tkonnos, grandson of Herakles: 4 drachmai

Sarapion, slave of Syros also called Ptolemaios: 28 obols

Patron, son of Sokmenis and Taonnophris, grandson of Sokmenis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Herais, daughter of Didas - (through) Titinmouis - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 5 obols; for olive (transportation), 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1/2 obol; for supplements, 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for eparourion, 3 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, [[1/2 obol]] 2 chalkoi. Total: 1 drachme 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. (In left margin:) 18 obols.

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

Total for the day: 16 drachmai 17 obols.

On the 4th, similarly:

Pnepheros, son of Ptolemaios and Tkollainis, grandson of Onnophris: 4 drachmai

Chairemon, son of Chairemon and Sokratiaine, grandson of Sambas: 13 obols; (and) for ch(--): 15 obols

Demetrous, daughter of Apollodoros, through Sempronia Gemella - (through) Sichiphas - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 7 drachmai 3 obols; for olive (transportation), 1 drachme 1/2 obol; for naubion, 4 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme 5 1/2 obols; for eparourion, 5 drachmai; for supplements, 2 1/2 obols; for kollybos, 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 16 drachmai 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.

(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 1 drachme 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 1 drachme 11/2 obols 2 chalkoi; and

(for) Sempronia Petronia, for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 10 drachmai; for olive (transportation), 1 drachme 2 1/2 obols; for naubion, 1 drachme; for supplements, 2 drachmai 3 obols; for eparourion, 6 drachmai 4 obols; for supplements, 3 1/2 obols; for kollybos, 2 obols 2 chalkoi. Total: 22 drachmai 3 obols 2 chalkoi.

(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 1 drachme 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 1 drachme 11/2 obols 2 chalkoi. (In left margin:) 40 drachmai 27 obols.

Ouetis, son of Petheus and Taseus, grandson of Pnepheros: 28 obols

Ptolemaios, his brother, (born) of the same mother: 28 obols

Eutyches, slave of Sarapias, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Satabous, son of Onnophris - (that is) Talanton the crooked - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 1 drachme 2 chalkoi; for olive (transportation), 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for eparourion, 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 2 drachmai 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.

(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 3 obols; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 31/2 obols 2 chalkoi. (Total in the left margin:) 4 drachmai.

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich IV/1	Youtie HC	1936	225, col. 136 (l. 2409-2437)	Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 136 (l. 2409-2437), 1936

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

H.C. Youtie, Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Papyrology (Toronto, 1970) p. 548-549 [= Scriptiunculae II (Amsterdam, 1973) p. 1038-1039]; H.C. Youtie, ZPE 17 (1975) p. 223 [= Scriptiunculae Posteriores I (Amsterdam, 1981) p. 201].

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

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Year Begin

173

Year End

174

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

7813 x 5752

File Size

6 MB

Record

3280

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