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Catalog Record: michigan.apis.3281 [xml]

Title Tax Roll
Author Unknown tax-collector (Sarapion, son of Sokrates?)
Summary 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
Citations Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 137 (l. 2438-2455), 1936
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 4172
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; col. 137: 16.2 x 29.4 cm; total size: ***
Condition Col. 137: nearly complete (papyrus cut off left of col. 137 when housed in glass)
Lines Col. 137: 18 lines
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto, col. 137 (l. 2438-2455)
Origin Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
More from Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Language Greek
Date 173-174 A.D.
More from the period between 173 CE and 174 CE
Note (general) Due to the size of this tax roll (P.Mich. IV/1, 225 + IV/2, 358), its content has been divided in the present database into several cards (one for each column).
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank
Note (related) + P.Cair. Inv. 57187; cf. also P.Mich. IV/1, 224 + IV/2, 357 (inv. 4171 + 2830 + 3159 + 4910)
Subjects Illegitimacy--Egypt; Slaves--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Real property tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Poll tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Women--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Textile workers--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Ptolemaios son of Orsenouphis and Anthia grandson of Herieus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 218); Tasoucharion daughter of Damas (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 239); (unnamed) gnaphissa; Damas son of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 160); Maron son of Petheus neoteros and Apollonous grandson of Anchorimphis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 186); Ptollis son of Akousilaos and Aphrodous grandson of Ptollis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 221); Kastor, doulos of Aphrodous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181); Petheus son of Nestosiris and Thermouthis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 202); Valerius son of Valeria, apator (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 195); Thermouthis daughter of Papeis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 176); (unnamed) son of Papeis typhlos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 197)
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APIS Translation (English)

(Col.) 137;;(Epeiph 4th, continued);Ptolemaios, son of Orsenouphis and Anthia, grandson of Herieus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai;Tasoucharin, daughter of Damas - (through) the fuller - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 1 drachme 2 obols; for olive (transportation), 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1 obol; for supplements, 2 obols 2 chalkoi; for eparourion, 5 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 3 drachmai 1 obol.;And on account of Damas, son of Petheus, for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 2 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 1/2 obol; for kollybos, 2 chalkoi. Total: 31/2 obols. (In left margin:) 4 drachmai 4 obols.;Total for the day: 72 drachmai 28 obols.;;On the 5th, similarly:;Maron, son of Petheus the younger and Apollonous, grandson of Anchorimphis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai;Ptollis, son of Akousilaos and Aphrodous, grandson of Ptollis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai;Kastor, slave of Aphrodous: 4 drachmai;Petheus, son of Nestosiris and Thermouthis, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 4 drachmai;Valerius, of unknown father, his mother being Valeria, for ch(--): 4 drachmai;Thermouthis, daughter of Papeis - (through) the son of Papeis the blind - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 1 drachme 2 obols; for olive (transportation), 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1 obol; for supplements, 2 obols [[2 chalkoi]]; for eparourion, 1 drachme 4 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1 obol; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 4 drachmai 2 chalkoi. (In left margin:) 4 drachmai 4 obols.;Total for the day: 24 drachmai 4 obols.