No 5

Location: The south-western exedra of the south gallery, on the marble parapet of the second Lodge (from east to west).

Material: Marble surface, 6th century.

Dimensions: Three-line inscription, the first line is 21 cm long and the height of the letters ranges from 1 cm (Ъ) to 1.8 cm (В). The length of the second line is 15.5 cm and the height of the letters varies from 1.1-1.2 cm (Л, Ш, H₅) to 1.5 (П, Р), and 1.6-1.7 cm (М₁, Ы, Ъ). The last, third line has a length of 19 cm and letter heights of 0.7 cm (H), 1.3-1.5 cm (М₂,  Ꙁ), 1.9 cm (О) to 2.3 cm (Ь).

Condition: Lightly incised, worn out letters, some of them barely legible.

Technique: Incised.

Language: Old Slavonic.

Scripture: Cyrillic.
Text♦:

 
  
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Restored text:      

Translation: Ivan (John) wrote, we came from Kostroma

Attribution: Autograph inscription.

Announced: Y. A. Artamonov, A. A. Gippius, Drevnorusskie nadpisi v Sofii Konstantinopolskoy, v: Slavianskii almanah, Moscow 2012, 45.

Publications: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 75-77.

Commentary: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 76.

Palaeography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 76-77.

Orthography: Tomov, Nepoznatiyat hram „Sv. Sofia”, 77.

Date: Second half of the 14th century AD.