No 35

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 24.5 cm long. The relatively straight and even letters ranged in height from 0.3 cm (А) and 0.9 cm (В, У).

Condition: Lightly incised, worn-out letters.

Technique: Incised.

Language: Old Slavonic.

Scripture: Cyrillic.

Text:     

Restored text:     

Translation: Lord, help of your servant Ivan (John)

Attribution: Prayer 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”, 183-184.

Palaeography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 183-184.

Orthography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 184.

Date: First half of the 13th century AD.