No 5

Location: On the marble railing of the second sector of the so-called 'Lodge of the Empress'.

Material: Marble surface, 6th century.

Dimensions: One-line inscription 46 cm long. The letters ranged in height from 1 cm (Н) to 2.5 cm (Р₁[2]).

Condition: Lightly scratched, worn out letters.

Technique: Incised.

Language: Old Slavonic.

Scripture: Cyrillic.

Text♦:    

Translation: R[аdk]о, Foma (‘Тhомаs’), Georgi (‘George’), january

Attribution: Autograph inscription.

Announced: Yu. А. Artamonov, A. А. Gippius, Drevnoruskie nadpisi Sofii Konstantinopolskoy, v: Slavianskii almanah, Moscow 2011, 46.

Publication: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 38-39.

Commentary: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 38.

Palaeography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 38-39.

Orthography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 39.

Date: 12th century AD.

[2] The Arabic numerals in the lower section of the script indicate the text place of the corresponding letter in the inscription.