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
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.

Information on Publications

Publications
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

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5153 x 7134
File Size
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Record
3283
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