No 30

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: One-line inscription 4.1 cm long. The height of the relatively straight and even letters vary between 0.5 cm (О₁) to 1.3 cm (Ѱ).

Condition: Deeply incised, clearly legible letters.

Technique: Incised.

Language: Old Slavonic.

Scripture: Cyrillic.

Text ♦:  

Restored text:  

Translation: Oleksa [Aleksej] wrote [this]

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.

Publications: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 179.

Palaeography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 179.

Orthography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 179.

Date: Middle of the 12th century AD.