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Ancient Languages, Palmyra, Syria

This was one of columns in Palmyra. There was a human sculpture right above the sentences. I believe these sentences are descriptions about the sculpture and written in two different languages.

 

I found information on Palmyrene alphabet as “two forms of the Palmyrene alphabet were developed: The rounded, cursive form derived from the Aramaic alphabet and later a decorative, monumental form developed from the cursive Palmyrene. Both the cursive and monumental forms commonly used orthographic ligatures.”

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Uploaded on January 16, 2024