Palmyrene was a historical Semitic alphabet used to write the local
Palmyrene dialect of Aramaic. It was used between 100 BCE and 300 CE in
Palmyra in the Syrian desert. The oldest surviving Palmyrene inscription dates to 44 BCE. The last surviving inscription dates to 274 CE, two years after Palmyra was sacked by Roman Emperor
Aurelian, ending the
Palmyrene Empire. Use of the Palmyrene language and script declined, being replaced with Greek and Latin.