P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 4172

Processing Number

3282

Section/Side

Recto, col. 138 (l. 2456-2484)

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. 138: 19.8 x 29.5 cm; total size: ***

Items

1

Lines

Col. 138: 29 lines (+ 6 in left margin)

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Col. 138: complete (papyrus cut off right of col. 138 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

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)

Persons

Pasion son of Sambas and Aphrodite grandson of Phaesis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 198);

Heron son of Ekysis and Herais grandson of Menandros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171);

Panesneus son of Ischyras and Thaesis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 197);

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

Petheus son of Pakysis and Tamaron grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 202);

Thermouthis daughter of Papeis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 176);

Karantos (Kalandos) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 180);

Ptolemais daughter of Eirenaios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 220);

Herieus neoteros son of Horos and Thaesis grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 163);

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

Apynchis son of Sarapion and Thaisas grandson of Euemeros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 154);

Pankrates son of Peteuris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 195);

Peteuris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 211);

Achillas son of Ptollis and Thermouthis grandson of Hieranouphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 158);

Pasion son of Pasoxis and Segathis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 198);

Aphrodisios son of Petheus and Taseus grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 158);

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

Ptolema daughter of Euemeros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 216);

Onnophris son of Prabektor

Translation

(In the left margin:) (columns) 138 to 178

(Col.) 138

In Epeiph.

on the 6th

(In the left margin:) Of the balance(?) of Epeiph 29: Pasion, son of Sambas and Aphrodite, grandson of Phaesis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai. Remainder, for ch(--): 12 obols.

Heron, son of Ekysis and Herais, grandson of Menandros, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Panesneus, son of Ischyras and Thaesis, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

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

Petheus, son of Pakysis and Tamaron, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Total for the day: 16 drachmai.

On the 7th, similarly:

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

And (for) Ptolemais, daughter of Eirenaios, for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 1 drachme 4 obols; for supplements, 1 obol; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 1 drachme 5 obols 2 chalkoi. (In left margin:) 4 drachmai 20 obols.

Herieus the younger, son of Horos and Thaesis, grandson of Pnepheros, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

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

Apynchis, son of Sarapion and Thaisas, grandson of Euemeros: 28 obols

Pankrates, son of Peteuris - (through) Peteuris - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 5 drachmai 2 chalkoi; for olive (transportation), 4 1/2 obols; for naubion, 3 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for eparourion, 3 drachmai 2 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1 obol 2 chalkoi. Total: 11 drachmai 3 obols. (In left margin:) 12 drachmai.

Achillas, son of Ptollis and Thermouthis, grandson of Hieranouphis: 4 drachmai

Total for the day: 32 drachmai 19 obols.

On the 8th, similarly:

Pasion, son of Pasoxis and Segathis, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Aphrodisis, son of Petheus and Taseus, grandson of Pnepheros, for ch(--): 4 drachmai

Phanomgeus, son of Phanomgeus and Tapsais, grandson of Phanomgeus: 4 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 27 obols

Ptolema, daughter of Euemeros - (through) Onnophris, son of Prabektor - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 2 drachmai 3 obols; for olive (transportation), 3 1/2 obols; for naubion, 1 1/2 obols; for supplements, 4 obols; for eparourion, 1 drachme 4 obols; for supplements, 1 obol; for kollybos, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi. Total: 5 drachmai 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. (In left margin:) 4 drachmai 19 obols.

Papyri.info Link

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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. 138 (l. 2456-2484)	Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 138 (l. 2456-2484), 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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Institution

s

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

173

Year End

174

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

8046 x 6069

File Size

6 MB

Record

3282

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