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Title Court Proceedings, with Imperial Judgment (so-called �ǣMichigan - Berlin Apokrima�ǥ)
Author Unknown scribe
Summary Extract from the proceedings of the imperial court, giving the oral presentation of a case of a tax farmer accused of abuses against the small tenant farmers, and the consecutive ruling of Caracalla
Citations Rep Editor - Oliver JH; Rep Ser. - ZPE 31; 1978; pg. 139-140;;Rep Editor - Lewis N; Rep Ser. - Miscellanea Papyrologica; 1980; pg. 127-133;;Rep Editor - Oliver JH; Rep Ser. - ZPE 42; 1981; pg. 133-136;;Rep Editor - Lewis N; Rep Ser. - Archiv 33; 1987; pg. 49-53 -- BL VIII, 375 (bibliography) -- SB XIV 11875 Husselman EM, PMich IX, 529 (Verso), l. 25-38, 1971, Pl. III Lewis N, CE 51, 320-330, 1976
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 5473
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 26.2 X 10.2 cm
Condition broken off on left and right sides
Lines 1-14 (L. 25-38 of the ed.pr.)
Recto/Verso Source of description: Verso, first text
Hands see electronic version of P.Mich. IX, 529
Origin unknown place (Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome?), province of Egypt
More from unknown place (Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome?), province of Egypt
Language Greek
Date IIIrd century A.D. (not before 237 A.D.); original text: 215 A.D.[?]
More from the period between 200 CE and 299 CE
Note (general) Another copy of these court proceedings is to be found in P. Berol. Inv. P. 7216. - The two texts on the verso of P. Mich. inv. 5473 were written with different inks, by similar hands. They are here distinguished to allow easier access to the bibliography
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Verso, first text; Recto published also in P.Mich. IX, 529
Note (related) See also text on Recto and second text on Verso
Subjects -; Court records--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Caracalla,;cEmperor of Rome,;d188-217.; Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city);vCases.; Tenant farmers--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city);vCases.; Tax farming--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city);vCases.; 650: 0;Social stratification--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Septimius Severus & Caracalla, (former) Emperors; (L. Egnatius Victor) Lollianus (see CE 51 [1971] 326); (unnamed) misthotes (of various taxes)
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APIS Translation (English)

[Extract from] the responsa of the deified Severus and [Antoninus]. [After] other matters the pertinent part: Lollianus [said], "There are various [taxes] in the nome, of which he [is] the lessee; [but] he burdens the tenant farmers and exacts [the] monodesmia on the [uninundated area]. Now, as [the . . .] of the taxes ought [to be leased out] through the boule [and the] rest imposed upon the land, I think(?) [. . .] more [. . .] than one man [. . .] such great [. . .]." Antoninus Augustus [said], "Then 'the tax(?)' will be [imposed] upon the wealthier [[ [And if so], the [admitted(?)] connivance of the bouleutai will not burden [the] poor peasants.]] 'so that the peasantry may not be burdened in this as a result of the connivance of the bouleutai'."