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P.Mich.inv. 4172

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4172
Processing Number
3321
Section/Side
Recto, col. 194 (l. 3261-3295)

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso bears the continuation of the text (l. 3296-3334)
Connections
+ P.Cair. Inv. 57187; cf. also P.Mich. IV/1, 224 + IV/2, 357 (inv. 4171 + 2830 + 3159 + 4910)
Material
Pap
Size
col. 194: 16 x 28.5 cm; total size: ***
Items
1
Lines
col. 194, recto: 35 lines
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Broken off at the top, left, and right; damaged at places
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 Mysthes and Charis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);
Pataus (Petaus) son of Onnophris and Tkateis grandson ofPetaus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 208);
Sambas son of Pasoknopaios and Tapetheus grandson of Horos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 223);
Petheus son of Heron and Eserempis grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 201);
Melanas son of Pnepheros and Tasoucharion grandson of Pakysis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 188);
Pnepheros son of Pasoxis and Thakiaris (Thakialis) grandson of Petesouchos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 213);
Sarapion son of Valerius and Stotoetis grandson of Sarapion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225-226);
Sarapion son of Heras presbyteros and Thermouthis grandson of Herakles (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);
[Pasion] son of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 198);
Tiotisitias;
Ptolemaios son of Harpagathes and Thaesis grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);
Pnepheros son of Esouris and Zoidous grandson of Onnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 212);
[Kastor] son of Ptolemaios and Tapasion grandson of Phaesis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);
[Heras] son of Melanas, georgos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 169);
Antonius (see Geography);
Seneca (see Geography)
[- - - son of - - -] (and) Thaisas grandson of Petheus;
[- - - son of - - -] and [- - -] grandson of Petheus
Geographica
24th cleruchy; Antoniane ousia (Antonius' estate); Senekane ousia (Seneca's estate)
Translation
[(Col.) 194]
[On the 22nd (of Hadrianou), similarly:]
[Ptolemaios], son of Mysthes and Charis, grandson of Petheus, [for ch(--): 12 drachmai; (and) for the remainder of ch(--): 3 obols]
Pataus, son of Onnophris and Tkateis, grandson ofPetaus: the remainder of ch(--)
Total for the day: 12 drachmai 23 obols.
On the 23rd, similarly:
Sambas, son of Pasoknopaios and Tapetheus, grandson of Horos, for ch(--): 4 drachmai [. . obols]
Petheus, son of Heron and Eserempis, grandson of Pnepheros, for the remainder of ch(--): [. .] obols
Melanas, son of Pnepheros and Tasoucharion, grandson of Pakysis: the remainder of ch(--)
Total for the day: 12 drachmai 2 obols.
[On the . .], similarly:
Pnepheros, son of Pasoxis and Thakiaris, grandson of Petesouchos: the remainder of ch(--)
Sarapion, son of Valerius and Stotoetis, grandson of Sarapion: the remainder of ch(--)
Total for the day: 4 drachmai 11 [obols].
[On the . . .]
Sarapion, son of Heras the elder and Thermouthis, grandson of Herakles: the remainder of ch(--)
Total for the day: 20 [[drachmai]] obols.
[Pasion], son of Pnepheros - (through) Tiotisitias - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 22 drachmai 1 1/2 obols; for olive (transportation), 3 drachmai 1 obol; for naubion, 2 drachmai 1 1/2 obols; for supplements, 5 drachmai 3 1/2 obols; [for eparourion], 14 drachmai 4 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme 1 obol; for kollybos, 5 obols. Total: 49 drachmai 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. (Lost in left margin: [48 drachmai . . obols].)
Ptolemaios, son of Harpagathes and Thaesis, grandson of Pnepheros: [- - -]
Pnepheros, son of Esouris and Zoidous, grandson of Onnophris: [- - -]
[Kastor], son of Ptolemaios and Tapasion, grandson of Phaesis: [- - -]
[Heras], son of Melanas, cultivator in the 24th cleruchy, [for the transport of sheaves] for year 14, for the Antonian estate: [16 drachmai including extra charges];
(and) for the Senecan estate, similarly: [4 drachmai including extra charges];
(and) for the tax on productive shore land, for year 14, for the same estate, for apomoira, 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1/2 obol; for supplements, 1 obol 2 chalkoi; [for eparourion], 3obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. [Total: 1 drachme 4 1/2 obols].
(And) for a quarter of the geometria: 1 drachme; for supplements: 1/2 obol. [Total: 1 drachme 1/2 obol]. (Lost in left margin: [24 drachmai . . obols].)
Total for the day: 92 drachmai 16 obols.
[- - -, son of - - -] (and) Thaisas, grandson of Petheus: the remainder [of ch(--)]
[- - -, son of - - -] and [- - -], grandson of Petheus: [- - -]

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich IV/1 Youtie HC 1936 225, col. 194 (l. 3261-3295) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 194 (l. 3261-3295), 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

Technical Details

Record
3321
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