P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 4172
- Processing Number
- 3283
- Section/Side
- Recto, col. 139 (l. 2485-2503)
- 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. 139: 18.4 x 29 cm; total size: ***
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Col. 139: 19 lines
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Col. 139: nearly complete (papyrus cut off left of col. 139 when housed in glass); cols. 140-145 were cut off and are missing.
- 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
- Theagenes son of Theagenes grandson of Ammonios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 176);
- Lucia Antonia (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 185);
- Bamesis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 159);
- Thaesis daughter of Pakysis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 172);
- Onnophris son of Petheus and Ptolema grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 192);
- Horos son of Harpagathes and Thaesis grandson of Horos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 249);
- Herakles son of Mysthes and Charis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 168);
- Kastor son of Sisois and Thaisas grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);
- Mysthes son of Teberis and Isidora grandson of Sambathion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 189);
- Horion son of Sisouchos and Apollonous grandson of Sisouchos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 249)
- Geographica
- Alabanthis, Herakleidou meris
- Translation
- (Col. 139)
- (Epeiph 8, continued)
- Theagenes, son of Theagenes, grandson of Ammonios, for ch(--): 8 drachmai
- Lucia Antonia - (through) Bamesis - for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 4 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 5 obols 2 chalkoi.
- and (for) Thaesis, daughter of Pakysis, for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 1 1/2 obols; for supplements, 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 2 obols. (In left margin:) 13 obols.
- Onnophris, son of Petheus and Ptolema, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
- Horos, son of Harpagathes and Thaesis, grandson of Horos, for ch(--): 8 drachmai
- Total for the day: 44 drachmai 1 obol.
- On the 9th, similarly:
- Herakles, son of Mysthes and Charis, grandson of Petheus: 12 drachmai
- Kastor, son of Sisois and Thaisas, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai
- On the 19th, similarly:
- Mysthes, son of Teberis and Isidora, grandson of Sambathion: 4 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 8 drachmai
- Horion, son of Sisouchos and Apollonous, grandson of Sisouchos, for ch(--): 12 drachmai
- Total for the day: 24 drachmai.
- (At the bottom of the column:)
- Year 20, Epeiph 30. Of the grapheion of Alabanthis in the division of Herakleides.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3263
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich IV/1 Youtie HC 1936 225, col. 139 (l. 2485-2503) pl. IV (l. 2502-2503 only) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 139 (l. 2485-2503), 1936, pl. IV (l. 2502-2503 only)
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
- Image Size
- 5153 x 7134
- File Size
- 5 MB
- Record
- 3283
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