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A Coptic letter on an ostracon addressed to Apa Epiphanios, the monk of the Theban monastery, from his servant Pelosme. The writer acknowledges a letter and explains that a man has set him a deadline before the coming short fast; if the man does not arrive by Saturday or Sunday, he will send off his camel and report to Epiphanios. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD, from western Thebes.
The Greek term prothesmia means a fixed term or deadline; the 'little fast' may refer to a minor fasting period of the church calendar. The sender's name in the address is partly damaged and the reading Pelosme is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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