Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes for the Reader
1. Introduction
1.1. History of Karanis
1.2. Archaeological Activity at Karanis
1.3. The University of Michigan Excavations
2. Granary C123
2.1. The Excavation of C123
2.2. Building Context, Original Use, and Development
2.3. The Second Floor, B202, and Dump 132*
2.4. Preliminary Conclusions
Texts
Introduction: A Greco-Egyptian Perspective on Imperial Worship in the Time of Hadrian
827 Community Prayer to Emperor and Gods PH/TG ca. 120–24 CE
828 Tax Register PH/TG I–II CE
Room CE
830 Record of Tax Payments SL 308 CE or later
Room CF
831 Fragment of an Astrological Treatise TM II CE
Room CG
832 Account AV Before 137 CE
833 List of Names AV II CE
834 List of Toponyms WGC Middle to late IV CE
835 Document concerning the State Levy for Mules WGC IV CE
Room BG
836 Receipt Issued by Nomarchs WGC September 3, 129 CE
837 Day-by-Day Register WGC/AP Late I to early II CE
838 Petition concerning Assault and Theft WGC Late I to mid-II CE
Room CCH
839 Receipt for Rent WGC/JS 300/301 (?) CE
840 Letter (?) in Chancery Style WGC/LL IV CE
841 Register WGC/JJM Late I to early II CE
842 Declaration of Uninundated Land WGC 157/58 or 158/59 CE
843 Latin Letter PH II CE 121 Rooms CCI, CCJ, BBI, and BBJ
844 List of Names WGC Mid-III to early IV CE
845 Penthemeros Certificate with Fraudulence Clause WGC 87/88 CE
846 Renunciation of Claims WGC/PH 91–96 CE
847 Receipt of a Signifer SL/AV 96/97 CE
848 Legal Document (Including a Petition to the Epistrategos) ML After 139/40 CE
849 Lease of an Orchard WGC Late I to early II CE
850 List of Weavers WGC II–III CE
851 List of Names WGC Late I to early II CE
852 Fragment of a Legal Document AK/TM Late I to early II CE
853 Fragment of a Letter WGC/AK/TM June–July 122 CE
854 Private Account and Letter WGC/DCS II CE
Room CJ
855 Receipts for Garden Taxes WGC 145 (?)–146/ 47 CE
856 Letter of Sempronius to Sabinus SL II–III CE
Room CL
857 Fragment of a Petition (?) WGC II CE
858 Document Mentioning Villages and People AV Second half of II CE
Bins CT, CS, and CR
859 Petition (?) to the Epistates of Karanis WGC I BCE
860 Fragment of a Petition (?) APH/SL/DCS 176–79 (?) CE
861 Dating Formula AK/DCS 258–60 CE
Room CO
862 Public Bid for Lease from a Tomos Synkollesimos WGC/AV II CE
863 Document SL III CE
Bibliography
III. Personal names
IV. Religion
VIII. Taxes
IX. General
Topics