P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 4172
Processing Number: 3307
Section/Side: Recto, col. [. . .] (181?) (l. 3380-3412)
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: This fragment: 14 x 26.3 cm; total size: ***
Items: 1
Lines: This col.: 33 lines
Mounted: Yes
Negative: No
Conservation Status: Broken off on the left and at the bottom; cut off on the right (end of a sheet, which was perhaps never joined to the following one)
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

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: Camels--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Baths, Roman--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Illegitimacy--Egypt; Karanis (Extinct city)--Defenses.; Real property tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Guards troops--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
Persons: [Lucius] Longinus Gemellus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 185-186; P.Cair.Mich. 359, vol. II, p. 25);; [- - -] son of Petesouchos and Charis grandson of Petesouchos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 222);; Papeis, apator (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 210: the taxpayer's name might be Ptolemaios or Sabinus);; [Pasion son of Kommon] alias Satabous and Taseus (alias Isarion) grandson of Esouris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 198);; [Horion son of Pasion] and Tauris grandson of Kommon alias Satabous and Taseus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 249);; [Kastor, doulos] of Taseus alias Isarion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181);; [- - -], son of Leonides and Tapetheus grandson of Papeis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 184: the taxpayer's name could be Charidemos or Ptolemaios);; [Pnepheros] son of Ptolemaios and Thaesis grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 213);; [- - - son of - - -] and Sambous [grandson of - - -?];; [Onnophris] son of Taeuemeros, apator (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 192);; [[ [- - -, son of - - -] and Tasoucharion, [grandson of - - -] ]];; [Ptolemaios neoteros son of Petheus] and Iulia grandson ofPetheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218);; [Ischyras son of Ptolemaios] and Thaesis grandson of Ischyrion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 179);; [- - - son of Dioskoros] and Tepheros grandson of Mysthes (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 162: the taxpayer's name could be Mysthes, Mysthes neoteros or Valerius alias Heron);; [Horion son of Phasis] and Tanomgeus [grandson of Esouris] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 249);; [- - - son of - - -] and Thermouthis [grandson of . . .]us;; [- - - son of - - -] and Thaesis [grandson of - - -]
Translation: [Col. 181?]; (Phaophi(?) . ., continued); [Lucius] Longinus Gemellus:; [- - -] of the third (of the revenue) of the bath establishment, for year 11: 21 drachmai 5 obols; for year 12: 21 drachmai 5 obols; [for year 13]: 21 drachmai 5 obols; for year 14: 21 drachmai 5 obols. Total: 87 drachmai 2 obols.; Total for the day: 296 drachmai 3 obols.; [On the . ., similarly:]; [- - -], son of Petesouchos and Charis, grandson of Petesouchos, for ch(--): 8 drachmai; (and) the remainder of the ch(--); Papeis, of unknown father: for the tax on camels, for year 14, 40 drachmai; for supplements, 2 drachmai 3 obols. Total 42 drachmai 3 obols. (Lost in left margin: [40 drachmai 21 obols].); [Pasion, son of Kommon] also called Satabous and Taseus, grandson of Esouris, for ch(--): 12 drachmai; (and) the remainder of the ch(--); [Horion, his son, his mother being] Tauris: 20 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 16 drachmai; (and) the remainder of the ch(--); [Kastor, slave] of Taseus also called Isarion: 20 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 16 drachmai; (and for) the remainder of the ch(--): 16 obols; Total for the day: 144 drachmai 10 obols.; [- - -], son of Leonides and Tapetheus, grandson of Papeis: the remainder of the ch(--); [Pnepheros], son of Ptolemaios and Thaesis, grandson of Pnepheros: 4 drachmai 20 obols; [- - -, son of - - -] and Sambous, [grandson of - - -?], for guards: 5 drachmai; (and) for guard towers: 9 drachmai 1 obol. Total: 13 (sic) drachmai 1 obol; [Onnophris, of unknown father, his mother being] Taeuemeros, for ch(--): 4 drachmai; (and) the remainder of the ch(--); [Total for the day: . . drachmai] 22 obols.; [[ [- - -, son of - - -] and Tasoucharion, [grandson of - - -], for the poll-tax(?) of year <1>3: 20 drachmai]]; [Ptolemaios the younger, son of Petheus] and Iulia, grandson ofPetheus: the remainder of the ch(--); [Ischyras, son of Ptolemaios] and Thaesis, grandson of Ischyrion: 24 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 16 drachmai; (and) the remainder of the ch(--); [- - -, son of Dioskoros] and Tepheros, grandson of Mysthes: 4 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): [[.]] 8 drachmai; [Total] for the day: [[. . drachmai . . obols]] 56 drachmai 11 obols; [Horion, son of Phasis] and Tanomgeus, [grandson of Esouris], for guard towers: 5 drachmai 4 obols; (and) for guards: 1 drachme. Total: 6 drachmai 4 obols; [- - -, son of - - -] and Thermouthis, [grandson of . . .]us: 44 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 16 drachmai; (and) the remainder of the ch(--); [- - -]: 44 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 16 drachmai; (and) the remainder of the ch(--); [- - -]: 24 drachmai 13 obols; [- - -, son of - - -] and Thaesis, [grandson of - - -]: 6 drachmai 4 obols; [- - -] the remainder of the ch(--)
Papyri.info Link: https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3263

Information on Publications

Publications: Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections

PMich IV/1 Youtie HC 1936 225, col. [. . .] (181?) (l. 3380-3412) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. [. . .] (181?) (l. 3380-3412), 1936 -- BL III, 114 (l. 3386). - This fragment was assigned by the editors to the later part of the roll (after col. 201), but the similarity of damage between it and col. 182 (note in part. the two holes on the upper left) indicate that they were very close to each other; as col. 182 is at the beginning of a new sheet, the present fragment has a good chance to be the end of the preceding sheet, bearing col. [181], recording payments made in early to mid Phaophi of year 15. (PH) BL III, 114 (l. 3386). - This fragment was assigned by the editors to the later part of the roll (after col. 201), but the similarity of damage between it and col. 182 (note in part. the two holes on the upper left) indicate that they were very close to each other; as col. 182 is at the beginning of a new sheet, the present fragment has a good chance to be the end of the preceding sheet, bearing col. [181], recording payments made in early to mid Phaophi of year 15. (PH)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography: P.Mich. IV/2, p. 45.; 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

Cataloging

Cataloger: PH
Year Begin: 173
Year End: 174

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 8189 x 5957
File Size: 6 MB
Record: 3307
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Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich IV/1	Youtie HC	1936	225, col. [. . .] (181?) (l. 3380-3412)	Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. [. . .] (181?) (l. 3380-3412), 1936 -- BL III, 114 (l. 3386). - This fragment was assigned by the editors to the later part of the roll (after col. 201), but the similarity of damage between it and col. 182 (note in part. the two holes on the upper left) indicate that they were very close to each other; as col. 182 is at the beginning of a new sheet, the present fragment has a good chance to be the end of the preceding sheet, bearing col. [181], recording payments made in early to mid Phaophi of year 15. (PH)	BL III, 114 (l. 3386). - This fragment was assigned by the editors to the later part of the roll (after col. 201), but the similarity of damage between it and col. 182 (note in part. the two holes on the upper left) indicate that they were very close to each other; as col. 182 is at the beginning of a new sheet, the present fragment has a good chance to be the end of the preceding sheet, bearing col. [181], recording payments made in early to mid Phaophi of year 15. (PH)