EditorialSyria. Palmyra city. Stone altar with inscription in cursive Palmyrene (dialect of Aramaic, Semitic alphabet). It was used between 100 BC-300 BC. (Photo taken before the Syrian Civil War).
EditorialSyria. Palmyra city. Inscription in cursive Palmyrene (dialect of Aramaic, Semitic alphabet), used between 100 BC-300 BC. Sculpted in the stone. These remains were destroyed by ISIS in 2015, during the Syrian Civil War.