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An order issued by a church at Oxyrhynchus through the presbyter Gregorios, instructing the wine-steward Menas to give two double jars of wine to a stromes (servant) as festival allowance for the month of Tybi. Gregorios countersigns for the two jars.
The stromes was probably a servant who spread bedding or couches; the exact sense is uncertain. Diplon and knidion are both terms for wine jars, here used of the same 2 vessels.
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[r] † ἡ ἁγία ἐκκλησία διʼ ἐμοῦ Γρηγορίου πρεσβυτέρου τῷ θαυμασιωτάτῳ Μηνᾷ οἰνοχειριστῇ. παράσχου στρώτῃ ὑπὲρ ἑορτικῶν τοῦ Τῦβι μηνὸς οἴνου διπλᾶ δύο, γίνονται διπλᾶ β μόνα. Μεχεὶρ ε ἰνδικτίονος η. † † Γρηγόριος ἐλέει θεοῦ πρεσβύτερος ἐσημειωσάμην τὰ δύο κνίδια μόνον. † † † [v] † …
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