P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4172
Processing Number
3281
Section/Side
Recto, col. 137 (l. 2438-2455)
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. 137: 16.2 x 29.4 cm; total size: ***
Items
1
Lines
Col. 137: 18 lines
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Col. 137: nearly complete (papyrus cut off left of col. 137 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
Persons
Ptolemaios son of Orsenouphis and Anthia grandson of Herieus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218);
Tasoucharion daughter of Damas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 239);
(unnamed) gnaphissa
Damas son of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 160);
Maron son of Petheus neoteros and Apollonous grandson of Anchorimphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 186);
Ptollis son of Akousilaos and Aphrodous grandson of Ptollis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 221);
Kastor, doulos of Aphrodous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181);
Petheus son of Nestosiris and Thermouthis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 202);
Valerius son of Valeria, apator (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 195);
Thermouthis daughter of Papeis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 176);
(unnamed) son of Papeis typhlos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 197);
Translation
(Col.) 137
(Epeiph 4th, continued)
Ptolemaios, son of Orsenouphis and Anthia, grandson of Herieus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Tasoucharin, daughter of Damas - (through) the fuller - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 1 drachme 2 obols; for olive (transportation), 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1 obol; for supplements, 2 obols 2 chalkoi; for eparourion, 5 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 3 drachmai 1 obol.
And on account of Damas, son of Petheus, for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 2 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 31/2 obols. (In left margin:) 4 drachmai 4 obols.
Total for the day: 72 drachmai 28 obols.
On the 5th, similarly:
Maron, son of Petheus the younger and Apollonous, grandson of Anchorimphis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Ptollis, son of Akousilaos and Aphrodous, grandson of Ptollis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Kastor, slave of Aphrodous: 4 drachmai
Petheus, son of Nestosiris and Thermouthis, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Valerius, of unknown father, his mother being Valeria, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
Thermouthis, daughter of Papeis - (through) the son of Papeis the blind - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 1 drachme 2 obols; for olive (transportation), 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1 obol; for supplements, 2 obols [[2 chalkoi]]; for eparourion, 1 drachme 4 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1 obol; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 4 drachmai 2 chalkoi. (In left margin:) 4 drachmai 4 obols.
Total for the day: 24 drachmai 4 obols.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich IV/1 Youtie HC 1936 225, col. 137 (l. 2438-2455) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 137 (l. 2438-2455), 1936

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

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File Size
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Record
3281
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