IN PALMYRA a monument with a Greek inscription from the first century B.C.E. has been discovered, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency:

[The Director of Palmyra National Museum Khalil al-Hariri] added the monument belonged to a military leader from the Shamieh Legion which was deployed in Palmyra. The statue was built by the soldiers of this regiment to commemorate his sublime deeds as understood from the Greek inscription found on the statue and translated by the head of the Polish archeological expedition in the area.

(Via Archaeologica News.)