τό, Egyptian word for a receptacle, box or jar, PHib. 1.49.8, PPetr. 3 p. 186 (iii BC); χαλκωμάτων PSI 4.428.78 (iii BC); prob. also a measure of capacity, ἀχύρου μώϊα μα Ostr. Bodl. i231 (ii BC); pl. written μώεια PCair. Zen. 167.7 (iii BC); sg. written μούειον POxy. 146.3 (vi AD); cf. μώστιον.

jar