No 14

Location: On the fourth marble panel on the right side of the east wall of the west gallery at a height of about 150 cm above the floor level, next to the third reliquary cross.

Material: Marble surface, 6th century.

Dimensions: Two-line inscription with first line 12 cm long, second line 9.4 cm long. The letters varied in size from 0.5 to 2.0 cm.

Condition: Scratched, worn out, barely legible letters.

Technique: Incised.

Language: Old Slavonic.

Scripture: Cyrillic.

Text:

Translation: Lord, help your servant Georgi (George).

Attribution: Prayer inscription.

Publications: Т. Tomov, Inscriptions-graffiti from the Balkans in the Church of St. Sofia in Constantinople, Littera et Lingua, Electronic Journal of Humanities 2015, Publ. 2016, 12/ 1-2 http:// slav.uni-sofia.bg/naum/ lilijournal/2015/12/1-2/ttomov; Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 53-55.

Commentary: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 54.

Palaeography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 54.

Orthography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 54.

Date: Early 15th century AD.