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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. 59 (l. 1451-1497), 1936
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 4172
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; col. 59-60: 36.1 x 29.3 cm; total size: ***
Condition Col. 59: nearly complete (papyrus cut off left of col. 59 when housed in glass)
Lines Col. 59: 47 lines
Recto/Verso Source of description: Recto, col. 59 (l. 1451-1497)
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. 59 is blank
Note (related) + P.Cair. Inv. 57187; cf. also P.Mich. IV/1, 224 + IV/2, 357 (inv. 4171 + 2830 + 3159 + 4910)
Subjects 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); Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names 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); 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); 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)
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APIS Translation (English)

(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; column 85;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; column 3;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; column 24;Kastor, his other (son), (born) of the same mother: 8 drachmai; column 24;Total for the day: 100 drachmai 26 obols.