No 39

Location: Third slab of the marble paneling of the short wall, to the left of the first box (from east to west) at a height of about 140 cm above the floor.

Material: Marble surface, 6th century.

Dimensions: Two-line inscription with first line 18.5 cm long, second line 14 cm long. The letters on the first line ranged in height from 0.4 cm (Ш) to 1.3 cm (Р), and on the second line from 0.6 cm (К) to 1.1 cm (Р).

Condition: Lightly incised, worn-out letters.

Technique: Incised.

Language: Old Slavonic.

Scripture: Cyrillic.

Text ♦:

Translation: Georgi (George) of Vyšegorod, Kjuril (Cyril), Teshka

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. Gippius, Drevnerusskie nadpisi v Sofii Konstantinopolskoy, v: Slaviansky almanah, Moscow 2012, 44.

Publications: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 187-188.

Commentary: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 188.

Palaeography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 188.

Orthography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 188.

Date: 11th century - first third of the 12 century AD.