P.Mich.inv. 4172 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 4172
- Processing Number
- 3346
- Section/Side
- Recto, col. 59 (l. 1451-1497)
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso of col. 59 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. 59-60: 36.1 x 29.3 cm; total size: ***
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Col. 59: 47 lines
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Col. 59: nearly complete (papyrus cut off left of col. 59 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
- Baths, Roman--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Karanis (Extinct city)--Defenses.
- Slaves--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Poll tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Guards troops--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Tax exemption--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Brothers--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Disease--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Persons
- Heron son of Ekysis and Herais grandson of Menandros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171);
- Heron son of Ptolemaios and Heras grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 171);
- Kastor son of Sisois and Thaisas grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);
- Petaus son of Esouris and Tkollauthis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 208);
- Petheus son of Pakysis and Tamaron grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 202);
- Horos son of Harpagathes and Thaesis grandson of Horos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 249);
- Sarapion son of Phasis and Helene grandson of Keras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225);
- Sarapion son of Valerius and Stotoetis grandson of Sarapion (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 225-226);
- Horos son of Anchorimphis and Achillis grandson of Horos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 249);
- Kastor alias Sabinus son of Ptolemaios and Melidous grandson of Satabous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 182);
- Isidoros son of Mysthes and Thasis grandson of Isidoros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 179);
- Apollos son of Mysthes and Thasis grandson of Isidoros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 153);
- Petaus son of Pnepheros and Thaesis grandson of Phanomgeus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 209);
- Lucius Longinus Gemellus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 185-186; P.Cair.Mich. 359, vol. II, p. 25);
- Agathopous, doulos of Thermouthis alias Tpaietis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 148);
- Orsenouphis son of Heron and Zoidous grandson of Orsenouphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 193);
- Artemas son of Heron and Thaesis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 155);
- Onnophris son of Petheus and <Taonnophris> grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 192);
- Ptolemaios son of Onnophris and Tapetheus grandson of Petheus and Taonnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218);
- Kastor son of Onnophris and Tapetheus grandson of Petheus and Taonnophris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181)
- Translation
- (Col.) 59
- (Pharmouthi 28, continued)
- Heron, son of Ekysis and Herais, grandson of Menandros: 4 drachmai
- column 51
- Heron, son of Ptolemaios and Heras, grandson of Pnepheros: 28 obols
- column 59
- Kastor, son of Sisois and Thaisas, grandson of Petheus: 28 obols
- column 65
- Petaus, son of Esouris and Tkollauthis, grandson of Petheus: 4 drachmai
- column 71
- Petheus, son of Pakysis and Tamaron, grandson of Petheus: 8 drachmai
- column 69
- Total for the day: 48 drachmai 27 obols.
- On the 29th, similarly:
- Horos, son of Harpagathes and Thaesis, grandson of Horos: 20 drachmai
- column 31
- Sarapion, son of Phasis and Helene, grandson of Keras: 4 drachmai
- column 85
- Sarapion, son of Valerius and Stotoetis, grandson of Sarapion: 8 drachmai
- Horos, son of Anchorimphis and Achillis, grandson of Horos: 4 drachmai
- column 98
- Kastor also called Sabinus, son of Ptolemaios and Melidous, grandson of Satabous: 4 drachmai
- column 99
- Total for the day: 40 drachmai
- In Pachon:
- on the 2nd:
- Isidoros, son of Mysthes and Thasis, grandson of Isidoros: 16 drachmai
- column 3
- Apollos, his brother, (born) of the same mother: 16 drachmai
- Petaus, son of Pnepheros and Thaesis, grandson of Phanomgeus: 4 drachmai
- column 11
- Lucius Longinus Gemellus, for the third (of the revenue) of the bath establishment, for [[year 13]] year14: 28 drachmai including extra charges. (In left margin: 28 drachmai.)
- Agathopous, slave of Thermouthis also called Tpaietis: 28 obols
- column 21
- Orsenouphis, son of Heron and Zoidous, grandson of Orsenouphis: 28 obols
- column 23
- Artemas, son of Heron and Thaesis, grandson of Petheus: 8 drachmai 28 obols
- column 96
- Onnophris, son of Petheus and <Taonnophris>, grandson of Petheus, over the age (of liability to the poll-tax), for the guards: 4 drachmai
- column 24
- Ptolemaios, his son, (born) of Tapetheus, diseased, for the guard towers: 8 drachmai
- Kastor, his other (son), (born) of the same mother: 8 drachmai
- Total for the day: 100 drachmai 26 obols.
- 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. 59 (l. 1451-1497) Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 59 (l. 1451-1497), 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
- Image Size
- 7696 x 6083
- File Size
- 6 MB
- Record
- 3346
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