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Catalog Record: michigan.apis.3297 [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. 158 (l. 2822-2848), 1936 -- BL III, 114 (l. 2847)
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 4172
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; col. 157-158: 35.7 x 29.6 cm; total size: ***
Condition Col. 158: badly damaged by a break (papyrus cut off right of col. 158 when housed in glass)
Lines Col. 158: 27 lines
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto, col. 158 (l. 2822-2848)
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); Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Heraklas son of [Taonnophris], apator (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 167); Horion son of Heraklas the apator and Demarous (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 248); Heras son of Petheus and Didymarion grandson of Heras (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 169); Horion son of Petheus and Komonis grandson of Esouris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 249); Psenesis son of Petheus and Komonis grandson of Esouris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 248); Agathopous, doulos of Thermouthis alias Tpaiaitis (Tpaietis) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 148); Gaius Valerius Apolinarius (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 159); Chairemon son of Patis (Pateis) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 247); Tapetheus daughter of Pasoknopaios (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 236); Artemas son of Heron and Thaesis grandson of Petheus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 155); Kastor son of Artemas and Thaesis grandson of Heron and Thaesis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 181); Orsenouphis son of Ptolemaios and Thaesis grandson of Orsenouphis; Sokmenis son of Sokrates and Tapetheus grandson of Phasis (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 230); Orsenouphis son of Pakysis and Tapetheus grandson of Artemidoros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 194); Euemeros son of Aunes and [Tepheros] grandson of Aunes (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 164; deceased: see AJPh 62 [1941] p. 100); Ammonios son of Ammonios and [Tninis grandson of Ammonios] (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 151)
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APIS Translation (English)

[(Col.) 158];;Heraklas, of unknown father, his mother being [Taonnophris]: 4 drachmai;Horion, his son, his mother being Demarous: 4 drachmai;Heras, son of Petheus and Didymarion, grandson of Heras, for ch(--): 4 drachmai;Horion, son of Petheus and Komonis, grandson of Esouris, for ch(--): 4 drachmai;Psenesis, his brother, (born) of the same mother, for ch(--): 4 drachmai;Agathopous, slave of Thermouthis also called Tpaiaitis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai;Gaius Valerius Apolinarius - (through) Chairemon, son of Patis - for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 1 drachme 5 obols 2 chalkoi; for olive (transportation), 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for supplements, 3 obols; for eparourion, 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols; for supplements, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 4 drachmai 2 obols.;(And) for another (land): for apomoira, 3 drachmai 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for naubion, 2 obols; [for supplements, 4 obols 2 chalkoi]; for eparourion, 2 drachmai 1/2 obol; for supplements, 1 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi. Total: 6 drachmai 3 1/2 obols.;(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 1 drachme 2 obols; for supplements: [1 obol; for kollybos: 2 chalkoi]. Total: 1 drachme 3 obols 2 chalkoi.;And (for) Tapetheus, daughter of Pasoknopaios: for garden land of year 13: for apomoira, 1 <drachme> 4 1/2 obols; for olive (transportation), 2 obols; for naubion, 1 obol 2 chalkoi; [for supplements, 2 1/2 obols]; for eparourion, 1 drachme 1 obol; for supplements, 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos, 1/2 obol. Total: 4 drachmai 1/2 obol.;(And) for the naubion of the catoeci, for year 14: 1 drachme [1/2 obol; for supplements:] 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for kollybos: 2 chalkoi. Total: 1 drachme 1 1/2 obols. (In left margin: 16 drachmai 28 obols.);Artemas, son of Heron and Thaesis, grandson of Petheus, for ch(--): 8 drachmai;Kastor, his son, his mother being Thaesis, for ch(--): 8 drachmai 28 obols;Orsenouphis, son of Ptolemaios and Thaesis, grandson of Orsenouphis, for ch(--): 4 drachmai;Sokmenis, son of Sokrates and Tapetheus, grandson of Phasis, for ch(--): 8 drachmai;Orsenouphis, son of Pakysis and Tapetheus, grandson of Artemidoros, for ch(--): 8 drachmai;Total for the day: 900 drachmai 27 obols.;;On the 16th, similarly:;Euemeros, son of Aunes and [Tepheros], grandson of Aunes: 28 drachmai 4 obols, (and) for the pig tax: 5 obols [2 chalkoi]. Total: 29 drachmai 3 obols 2 chalkoi.;Ammonios, son of Ammonios and [Tninis, grandson of Ammonios, for ch(--)]: 4 drachmai