No 10

Location: On the south side of the base of the northern candelabrum in the central part of the so-called 'Lodge of the Empress'.

Material: Green Thessalian marble 6th century.

Dimensions: Two-line inscription with a total height of 3 cm and a length of 22 cm. Its first line is 22 cm long, second line 20 cm long. The letters on the first line ranged in height from 0.7 (H₁, H₂) to 2 cm (Ꙁ). The height of the letters on the second line varies between 0.9 (О₅) and 1.6 cm (Ъ).

Condition: Lightly incised but clearly legible letters.

Technique: Incised.

Language: Old Slavonic.

Scripture: Cyrillic.

Text♦:

Translation: Lord, help your servants Dobroslava and…

Attribution: Prayer inscription.

Announced: Y. A. Artamonov, A. A. Gippius, Drevnorusskie nadpisi Sofii Konstantinopolskoy, v: Slaviaksy almanah, Moscow 2011, 45; Y. A. Artamonov, A. A. Gippius, I.V. Zaitsev, Dvrevnorusskie nadpisi-graffiti Konstantinopolskoy Sofii, v: 1150 let Rossiiskoy gosudarstvenosti i kultury, Moscow 2012, 288.

Publication: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 47-48.

Commentary: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 47.

Palaeography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 48.

Orthography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 48.

Date: Middle – second half of the 12th century AD.