P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 4172

Processing Number

3342

Section/Side

Recto, col. 55 (l. 1247-1296) + Verso of col. 55 (l. 3413-3414)

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto + Verso

Connections

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

Material

Pap

Size

col. 55-56: 37.1 x 29.3 cm; total size: ***

Items

1

Lines

Col. 55, recto: 50 lines;

Verso: 2 lines

Mounted

Yes

Negative

No

Conservation Status

Col. 55: complete, but damaged at the kollesis (papyrus cut off left of col. 55 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

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

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

Persons

Aphrodisios son of Petheus and Taseus grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 158);

Menches son of Satabous and Tkonnos grandson of Maron (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 187);

Sabinus son of Pasoknopaios and Tapetheus grandson of Horos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 222);

Onnophris son of Petaus and Thaesis grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 191);

Souchas son of Herakles and Helene grandson of Souchas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 231);

Petheus son of Heron and Eserempis grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 201);

Pakysis son of Panesneus and Tapetheus grandson of Pakysis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 196);

Orsenouphis son of Pakysis and Tapetheus grandson of Artemidoros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 194);

Chairemon son of Pasoxis and Tanephremis grandson of Pasoxis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 247);

Pakysis son of Phanomgeus and Tepheros grandson of Pakysis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 196);

Paoueites son of Petheus and Tapetheus grandson of Phasis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 197);

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

Chairemon son of Horos and Segathis grandson of Onnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 247);

Ptolemaios son of Petheus and Thaisas grandson of Heras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 219);

Patron son of Sokmenis and Taonnophris grandson of Sokmenis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 200);

Harpagathes son of Pnepheros and Tapetheus grandson of Pekmeis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 155);

Ptolemaios son of Harpagathes and Thaesis grandson of Pnepheros and Tapetheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);

Ptolemaios son of Phanomgeus and Taptosiris grandson of Phanomgeus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 219);

Ptolemaios son of Naaraus the elder and Tamares (Tamarres) grandson of Theabenis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 217);

Heras son of Horos alias Karanos and Tamystha grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 168);

Petesouchos son of Hatres and Tapetheus grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 210);

Apitas son of Kastor and Petronia grandson of Apitas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 152);

Teos (son of Petheus and Taonnophris grandson of Teos)

Translation

(Col.) 55

On the 21st (of Pharmouthi), similarly:

Aphrodisios, son of Petheus and Taseus, grandson of Pnepheros: 4 drachmai

column 3

Menches, son of Satabous and Tkonnos, grandson of Maron: 4 drachmai 28 obols

column 5

Sabinus, son of Pasoknopaios and Tapetheus, grandson of Horos: 4 drachmai

column 9

Onnophris, son of Petaus and Thaesis, grandson of Pnepheros: 8 drachmai

column 11

Souchas, son of Herakles and Helene, grandson of Souchas: 8 drachmai

column 16

Petheus, son of Heron and Eserempis, grandson of Pnepheros: 8 drachmai

column 17

Pakysis, son of Panesneus and Tapetheus, grandson of Pakysis: 4 drachmai

column 18

Orsenouphis, son of Pakysis and Tapetheus, grandson of Artemidoros: 8 drachmai

column 30

Chairemon, son of Pasoxis and Tanephremis, grandson of Pasoxis: 28 obols

column 40

Pakysis, son of Phanomgeus and Tepheros, grandson of Pakysis: 8 drachmai

Paoueites, son of Petheus and Tapetheus, grandson of Phasis: 4 drachmai

column 41

Pakysis, son of Phasis and Tanomgeus, grandson of Esouris: 8 drachmai

column 42

Chairemon, son of Horos and Segathis, grandson of Onnophris: 8 drachmai

Ptolemaios, son of Petheus and Thaisas, grandson of Heras: 8 drachmai

Total for the day: 88 drachmai 27 obols.

On the 22nd, similarly:

Patron, son of Sokmenis and Taonnophris, grandson of Sokmenis: 4 drachmai

column 50

Harpagathes, son of Pnepheros and Tapetheus, grandson of Pekmeis: 8 drachmai

column 55

Ptolemaios, his son, (born) of Thaesis: 8 drachmai

Ptolemaios, son of Phanomgeus and Taptosiris, grandson of Phanomgeus: 4 drachmai

column 62

Ptolemaios, son of Naaraus the elder and Tamares, grandson of Theabenis: 8 drachmai

column 68

Total for the day: 32 drachmai.

On the 23rd, similarly:

Heras, son of Horos also called Karanos and Tamystha, grandson of Petheus: 8 drachmai

column 22

Petesouchos, son of Hatres and Tapetheus, grandson of Petheus: 4 drachmai

column 82

Apitas, son of Kastor and Petronia, grandson of Apitas: 28 obols

column 84

(Verso)

[[Teos:

Pharmouthi 1: 4 drachmai 27 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. 55 (l. 1247-1296), with verso (l. 3413-3414)	Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 55 (l. 1247-1296), with verso (l. 3413-3414), 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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Institution

s

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

173

Year End

174

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

5848 x 4493

File Size

3 MB

Record

3342

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