Tax Roll
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
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 12006
Fragments of a daily tax collection register TM 12006Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt173-174 A.D.
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Fragment of a daily tax register from the village of Karanis listing taxpayers and the amounts they paid, mostly poll tax (marked with x), plus taxes for guards, watchtowers, donkeys and the bath. Daily totals are given.
In English machine translation
Day 7 […]
Kastor also called Sabinus, son of Ptolemaios son of Satabous, mother Melitous, x, 4 drachmas
Heras son of Petheus, Beilikas
4 drachmas 14 obols
5-drachma tax on donkeys, year 14; apergasia, year 12, 5 drachmas; additional charges 2 obols; total 5 drachmas 2 obols
Tesenouphis son of Aiaus son of Orsenouphis, mother Thases, 4 drachmas
Total for the day: 96 drachmas
Day 5 (?), likewise
Horion son of Heron also called Heras, son of Sisois, mother Segathis, episines (?)
for guards 5 drachmas, for watchtowers 1 drachma 4 obols, total 6 drachmas 4 obols
Aphrodisis son of Petheus son of Pnepheros, mother Taseus, x, 4 drachmas
Kanis son of Anchophis son of Mareis, mother Taorsoraipis, assistant
for guards 1 drachma, for watchtowers 3 drachmas, total 4 drachmas
Anchophis, son of mother Thermouthis, x, 4 drachmas
Heron son of Pekmeis, in place of Heuremon, mother Sambathion, x, 28 obols
Maron son of Petheus the younger, son of Anchorimphis, mother Apollonous, x, 8 drachmas
Lucius Longinus Gemellus
bath tax, year 14, in debased coin, 28 drachmas
Aphrodisios son of Petheus son of Petesouchos, mother Stiynchis, x, 8 drachmas
Orsenouphis son of Petheus son of Horion, mother Tapetheus, x, 4 drachmas, lo(?) x
Kastor son of Onnophris son of Petheus, mother Tapetheus, 12 drachmas
Petheus son of Kollouthos son of Phaesis, mother Thaesis
for guards 1 drachma, for watchtowers 3 drachmas, total 4 drachmas
Heron, son of mother Taorsenouphis, x, 4 drachmas
Aunes son of Aunes son of Hermas, mother Tapetheus, x, 4 drachmas
Petheus son of Ptollis son of Herakles, mother Thases, x, 4 drachmas
Ptolemaios son of Petheus son of Petheus, mother Tanesneus, x, 4 drachmas
Phasis son of Petheus son of Heras, mother Thaesis, for guards 4 drachmas
Pakysis son of Phasis son of Esouris, mother Tanomgeus, x, 4 drachmas
Herakles son of Apollonios son of Petoraipis, mother Tapetheus, x, 4 drachmas
Total for the day: 116 drachmas 10 obols
The x sign appears to mark poll-tax entries cross-referenced to another register; apergasia and the bath tax paid in 'dirty' (debased) coin are technical fiscal terms. The day numbers at the heading of each section are only partly preserved.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragments of No. 225). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.4.2.358D
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