P.Mich.inv. 4172

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 4172

Processing Number

3322

Section/Side

Recto, col. 201 (l. 3335-3348)

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. 201: 9.3 x 15.5 cm; total size: ***

Items

1

Lines

col. 201: 14 lines

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Broken off at the left, bottom and perhaps right

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)

Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Poll tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Persons

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

[- - - son of Pnepheros] and Tepheros grandson of Harphaesis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 212: the taxpayer's name can be Harpalos or Heuremon);

Chairemon son of Apitas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 247);

[Kastor alias Ptolemaios] son of Ptolemaios and Tasoucharion grandson of Kastor (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);

[Sabinus son of Ptolemaios] and Zoidous grandson of Ptolemaios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 222);

[Kastor son of Ptolemaios] and Tasoucharion grandson of Kastor (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);

[- - - son of Apynchis] and Thatres grandson of Sambas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 154: the taxpayer's name can be Isidoros, Sabinus or Sokmenis);

[Heraklas son of Leonides] and Thaisas grandson of Kastor (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 166);

[- - - son of Petheus] and Eserempis grandson of Heraklas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 201: the taxpayer's name can be Didymos, Heraklas, or Sabinus);

[Ptolemaios son of Kastor] and Taseus(?) grandson of Heraklas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);

[- - - son of - - - and - - -] grandson of Hera[. . .]

Translation

(Col.) 201

[Heron, son of Ekysis] and Herais, grandson of Menandros, for ch(--): 28 obols

[- - -, son of Pnepheros] and Tepheros, grandson of Harphaesis: 12 drachmai; (and) for ch(--): 12 drachmai

[- - -] - (through) Chairemon, son of Apitas - [for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 4 drachmai 4] 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for olive (transportation), 4 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 3 obols; for supplements, 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols; [for eparourion, 3 drachmai 2 obols; for supplements, 1] 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1 obol 2 chalkoi. Total: 11 drachmai 1/2 obol. (Lost in left margin: 8 drachmai 28 obols.)

[Kastor also called Ptolemaios], son of Ptolemaios and Tasoucharion, grandson of Kastor, for ch(--): [. .] drachmai

[Sabinus, son of Ptolemaios] and Zoidous, grandson of Ptolemaios, for ch(--): 12 drachmai; (and) the remainder [of ch(--)]

[Kastor, son of Ptolemaios] and Tasoucharion, grandson of Kastor, for ch(--): [- - -]

[- - -, son of Apynchis] and Thatres, grandson of Sambas, for ch(--): [- - -]

[Heraklas, son of Leonides] and Thaisas, grandson of Kastor [- - -]

[- - -, son of Petheus] and Eserempis, grandson of Heraklas [- - -]

[Ptolemaios, son of Kastor] and Taseus(?), grandson of Heraklas: [- - -]

[- - -, son of - - - and - - -], grandson of Hera[. . .: - - -]

[- - -]

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. 201 (l. 3335-3348)	Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 201 (l. 3335-3348), 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

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

173

Year End

174

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Record

3322

Link to this Item

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3322/1 content_copy