P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 4172

Processing Number

3339

Section/Side

Recto, col. 52 (l. 1120-1140)

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso of col. 52 is blank (except perhaps an offprint at the top)

Connections

+ P.Cair. Inv. 57187; cf. also P.Mich. IV/1, 224 + IV/2, 357 (inv. 4171 + 2830 + 3159 + 4910)

Material

Pap

Size

col. 51-52: 36 x 29.8 cm; total size: ***

Items

1

Lines

Col. 52: 21 lines

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Col. 52: nearly complete (papyrus cut off right of col. 52 when housed in glass)

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 is cross-referenced with a page of another register, where taxpayers were listed geographically

Subject Headings

Illegitimacy|--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Priests--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

Slaves--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)

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

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

Persons

Agathopous, doulos of Thermouthis alias Tpaiaitis (Tpaietis) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 148);

Dioskoros son of Petheus and Taorsenouphis grandson of Kollouthos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 162);

Dionysios son of Tepheros, apator (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 162);

Petaus son of Petheus and Tapasion grandson of Petaus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 209);

Pakysis son of Phasis and Tanomgeus grandson of Esouris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 196);

Priscus alias Pasoxis, son of Satabous and Thermouthis grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 215);

Phanomgeus son of Phanomgeus, hiereus of Harpochrates (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 245; P.Cair.Mich. 359, vol. II, p. 33-36);

Louppos (Lupus) son of Horos and Tapapeis grandson of Menches (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 186)

Translation

(Col.) 52

(Pharmouthi 11, continued)

Agathopous, slave of Thermouthis also called Tpaiaitis: 4 drachmai

column 21

Dioskoros, son of Petheus and Taorsenouphis, grandson of Kollouthos: 8 drachmai

column 27

Dionysios, of unknown father, his mother being Tepheros: 4 drachmai

column 28

Petaus, son of Petheus and Tapasion, grandson of Petaus: 4 drachmai

column 34

Pakysis, son of Phasis and Tanomgeus, grandson of Esouris: 28 obols

column 42

Priscus also called Pasoxis, son of Satabous and Thermouthis, grandson of Pnepheros: 8 drachmai

column 33

Total for the day: 120 drachmai 24 obols.

On the 12th, similarly:

Phanomgeus, son of Phanomgeus, priest of Harpochrates, for the epistatikon of the priests, for year 14: 24 drachmai, and supplements: 3 drachmai 3 obols. Total: 27 drachmai 3 obols. (And) for the prequisites, similarly: 4 drachmai, and supplements: 2 obols 1/2. Total: 4 drachmai 2 obols 1/2. (In left margin: 32 drachmai 7 obols)

Lupus, son of Horos and Tapapeis, grandson of Menches: 20 drachmai

column 91

Total for the day: 52 drachmai 7 obols.

Papyri.info Link

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PMich IV/1	Youtie HC	1936	225, col. 52 (l. 1120-1140)	Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 52 (l. 1120-1140), 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

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

s

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

173

Year End

174

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

7881 x 6054

File Size

6 MB

Record

3339

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