Divided into three sections - bibliography, texts, and glossary - the work contains the published Aramaic inscriptions from ancient Palmyra (Tadmor) in Syria, as well as Palmyrene inscriptions from elsewhere in the Roman Empire. Most of the individual texts are accompanied by an indication of provenance, present location, genre, relations to other texts in the same group, and bibliographic references. Other features include: related Greek or Latin texts for multilingual inscriptions; an English-Aramaic index to the glossary; and a number of concordances of text references, including museum numbers, to facilitate the relation of this edition to earlier works in the field.

Divided into three sections - bibliography, texts, and glossary - the work contains the published Aramaic inscriptions from ancient Palmyra (Tadmor) in Syria, as well as Palmyrene inscriptions from elsewhere in the Roman Empire. Most of the individual texts are accompanied by an indication of provenance, present location, genre, relations to other texts in the same group, and bibliographic references. Other features include: related Greek or Latin texts for multilingual inscriptions; an English-Aramaic index to the glossary; and a number of concordances of text references, including museum numbers, to facilitate the relation of this edition to earlier works in the field.

"A Journey to Palmyra" originates from the desire to remember Delbert R. Hillers, who greatly contributed with his work to Palmyrene studies. However, it is not meant just as a memorial volume, but as a research tool. It contains thirteen papers by scholars in the field of Palmyrene studies and Semitics focusing on different aspects of Palmyrene history, social history, art, archaeology and philology, with publication of newly discovered inscriptions. It offers a state-of-the-art discussion on several issues pertaining to the field of Palmyrene studies, and illustrates methodologies to be employed in order to increase our knowledge of the complex and multifaceted culture of ancient Palmyra and of neighbouring areas.

Graffiti are an often neglected but crucial witness to everyday life of ancient civilizations. The Aramaic graffiti from Hatra (North Iraq) can make an invaluable contribution in this sense, distributed as they were in various buildings throughout this city which flourished between the 1st and the 3rd century AD. Thanks to an effective interaction between epigraphy and archaeology, Marco Moriggi and Ilaria Bucci offer a thorough analysis of the Aramaic graffiti from Hatra as documented by the Archive of the Missione Archeologica Italiana (Turin). In addition to the edition of 48 published and 37 unpublished graffiti, this study further includes the concordances of numbers of all Hatran texts published so far and full archaeological information about the graffiti.

With contributions from thirty archaeologists, epigraphists, historians, and philologists, this book covers Palmyra's archaeological remains and history from its earliest phases in the pre-Roman era to the destruction of many of its monuments during the Syrian Civil War and subsequent looting. The authors give comprehensive overviews of already published evidence, as well as significant new findings and analyses from fieldwork, and cover a broad range of themes, which not only relate to the archaeology and history of the site, but also to its relationship with the rest of the ancient world as a major trade hub during the Roman period.

A representative sample of 80 inscriptions and documents in various local Aramaic dialects, dating from the first centuries BC, when the Near East was under Roman rule. Detailed commentaries on the texts, chapters on history and culture and on epigraphy and language, and English translations are also provided.