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No 10

Image 1
PHOTO: in situ by Thomas Thomov ©
Image 2
DRAWING: Thomas Thomov ©

Location: On the edge of a marble panel of the southern buttress in the central part of the north gallery at eye level.

Material: Marble surface, 6th century.

Dimensions: One-line inscription, 8 cm long. The letters ranged in height from 1.7 cm (А, Р) and 2 cm (М).

Condition: Lightly incised but clearly legible letters.

Technique: Incised.

Language: Russian.

Scripture: Cyrillic.

Text ♦:

Translation: Avraam (Abraham)

Attribution: Autograph inscription.

Publications: Т. Thomov, Nadpisi-grafiti ot Balkanite v curkvata Sv. Sofia v Konstantinopol, Littera et Lingua, Elektronno spisanie za humanistika 2015, Publ. 2016, 12/ 1-2 htt://slav.uni-sofia.bg/naum/ lilijournal/2015/12/1-2/ttomov; Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 146-147.

Commentary: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 147.

Date: End of 17th - first half of the 18th century AD.