Originally conceived as a fourth in the series of John C. L. Gibson`s `Textbook of Syrian Semitic Inscriptions`, this volume includes Nabatean Aramaic Inscriptions and papyri, Jewish (Palestinian) Aramaic Inscriptions, Palmyrene Inscriptions, Early Syriac (Edessan Aramaic) Inscriptions and Parchments, Hatran Inscriptions, as well as historical and cultural introduction, epigraphic and linguistic introduction, 11 figures, 10 plates, a map, lexical indexes and bibliography. The author - John F. Healey is Professor of Semitic Studies at the University of Manchester. 240x160mm. XVIII+369 pages. HArdcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Jacket upper edge/corners slightly wrinkled. Spine edges bumped. Previous owner`s name written in pencil on front whitepage upper corner/edge. Pencil underlining/notes on few pages by the previous owner of the book, the world-renowned epigrapher and a member of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ada Yardeni (1937-2018). [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book, of immense interest to historians of the Near East under Roman rule and Semitists, is in very good condition.