Definition of "Palmyra"

In the mid-fifth century B.C. Herodotus (1:131; 3.8) mentioned the importance of the cult of Al-Ilât, i.e. Allat, in ancient Arabia. Her sanctuary at Palmyra (Pl. XVII), excavated in the 1970s by the Polish mission, is in the neighborhood of the temple of Baal Shamin and lends a special character to the city's western quarter, in which Arab tribes settled during the second century B.C.

1979, Javier Teixidor, The Pantheon of Palmyra, E. J. Brill, page 53

The chief man in Palmyra had been charged by Rome to police the trade routes, paying for his militia from his own well-stuffed coffers as befitted a rich man with a civic conscience.

1994, Lindsey Davis, Last Act In Palmyra, Random House, published 2011, page 297

Edessa lies just under 300 kilometres north of Palmyra as the crow flies, and its Aramaic dialect, known today as Syriac, is closely related to that of Palmyra.

2005, Sebastian P. Brock, “Greek and Latin Words in Palmyrene Inscriptions: A comparison with Syriac”, in Eleonora Cussini, editor, A Journey to Palmyra: Collected Essays to Remember Delbert R. Hillers, E. J. Brill, page 11