No 17

Location: On the seventh marble slab of the paneling, on the wall to the right of the so-called 'Lodge of the Empress', at a height of 145 cm above the floor-level.

Material: Marble surface, 6th century.

Dimensions: Two-line inscription with lengths for the first line - 2.5 cm and for the second – 3.5 cm. Height of the letters on the first line varies between 0.9 cm (Е) and 1.3 cm (Д), on the second – 1 cm (Б), Г) to 1.5 сm. (А).

Condition: Lightly incised first row and clearly legible letters on the second row.

Technique: Incised.

Language: Old Slavonic.

Scripture: Cyrillic.

Text:

Translation: A, B, G, D, E

Attribution: Incomplete abecedarium.

Announced: Y. A. Artamonov, A. A. Gippius. Ю. Drevnoruskiye nadpisi Sofii Konstantinopolskoy, v.: Slavyanskii almanah, Moscow 2011, 48; Y. A. Artamonov, A. A. Gippius, I. V. Zaitsev, Drevnoruskiye nadpisi-graffiti Konstantinopolskoy Sofii, v: 1150 let Rosiiskoy gosudarstvenosti i kultury, Москва 2012, 287).

Publication: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 59-61.

Commentary: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 60.

Palaeography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 61-62.

Date: 14th century AD.