No 24

Location: On the window sill under a bricked-up window in a niche on the east wall of the north gallery at a height of 90 cm above the floor level.

Material: Marble surface, 6th century.

Dimensions: Two-line inscription with first line 6 cm long, second line 5.9 cm long. The letters on the first line ranged in height from 0.5 cm (О) to 1.3 cm (Д), and on the second line from 0.5 cm (Ш) to 1.1 cm (С).

Condition: Deeply incised, clearly legible letters.

Technique: Incised.

Language: Old Slavonic.

Scripture: Cyrillic.

Text ♦:

Restored text:  

Translation: Dobrinja, son of Sudăša (Sudošin[ič])

Attribution: Autograph inscription.

Announced: Y. A. Artamonov, А. А. Gippius, I. V. Zaitsev, Drevnerusskie nadpisi-graffiti Konstantinopolskoy Sofii, v: 1150 let Rossiiskoy gosudarstvenosti i kultury, Moscow 2012, 290; Y. A. Artamonov, А. А. Gipppius, Drevnerusskie nadpisis v Sofii Konstantinopolskoy, v: Slavianskii almanah, Moscow 2012, 46.

Publications: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 170-171.

Commentary: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 170.

Palaeography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 170-171.

Orthography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 171.

Date: Second half of the 12th century AD.