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Catalog Record: michigan.apis.3339 [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 is cross-referenced with a page of another register, where taxpayers were listed geographically
Citations Youtie HC, PMich IV/1, 225, col. 52 (l. 1120-1140), 1936
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 4172
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; col. 51-52: 36 x 29.8 cm; total size: ***
Condition Col. 52: nearly complete (papyrus cut off right of col. 52 when housed in glass)
Lines Col. 52: 21 lines
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto, col. 52 (l. 1120-1140)
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 of col. 52 is blank (except perhaps an offprint at the top)
Note (related) + P.Cair. Inv. 57187; cf. also P.Mich. IV/1, 224 + IV/2, 357 (inv. 4171 + 2830 + 3159 + 4910)
Subjects Illegitimacy;--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Priests--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Slaves--Taxation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Poll tax--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Tax collection--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Agathopous, doulos of Thermouthis alias Tpaiaitis (Tpaietis) (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 148); Dioskoros son of Petheus and Taorsenouphis grandson of Kollouthos (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 162); Dionysios son of Tepheros, apator (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 162); Petaus son of Petheus and Tapasion grandson of Petaus (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 209); Pakysis son of Phasis and Tanomgeus grandson of Esouris (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 196); Priscus alias Pasoxis, son of Satabous and Thermouthis grandson of Pnepheros (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 215); Phanomgeus son of Phanomgeus, hiereus of Harpochrates (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 245; Louppos (Lupus) son of Horos and Tapapeis grandson of Menches (see P.Mich. IV/2, p. 186)
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APIS Translation (English)

(Col.) 52;;(Pharmouthi 11, continued);Agathopous, slave of Thermouthis also called Tpaiaitis: 4 drachmai; column 21;Dioskoros, son of Petheus and Taorsenouphis, grandson of Kollouthos: 8 drachmai; column 27;Dionysios, of unknown father, his mother being Tepheros: 4 drachmai; column 28;Petaus, son of Petheus and Tapasion, grandson of Petaus: 4 drachmai; column 34;Pakysis, son of Phasis and Tanomgeus, grandson of Esouris: 28 obols; column 42;Priscus also called Pasoxis, son of Satabous and Thermouthis, grandson of Pnepheros: 8 drachmai; column 33;Total for the day: 120 drachmai 24 obols.;;On the 12th, similarly:;Phanomgeus, son of Phanomgeus, priest of Harpochrates, for the epistatikon of the priests, for year 14: 24 drachmai, and supplements: 3 drachmai 3 obols. Total: 27 drachmai 3 obols. (And) for the prequisites, similarly: 4 drachmai, and supplements: 2 obols 1/2. Total: 4 drachmai 2 obols 1/2. (In left margin: 32 drachmai 7 obols);Lupus, son of Horos and Tapapeis, grandson of Menches: 20 drachmai; column 91;Total for the day: 52 drachmai 7 obols.