• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
chevron-down search panel ressource caret-down close info share patrimoineprocheorient 3d arrow-right check checkbox chevron-right zoom-out arrow-left hd interactif map map-alt pen photo photo print sound triangle typo-moins typo-plus video medias youtube instagram facebook pinterest twitter zoom-in download dots info POI filter archeologie.culture.fr
Mari
Mari.. A town by the Euphratus river
  • Home
    • Explore the site
      • A controlled environment
      • Geographical location
      • Trade crossroads
      • Spheres of influence
      • The history of Mari
      • Political history
      • Urban stratigraphy
      • The early city (City I)
      • City II
      • City III
      • Urbanism and architecture
      • Planning a new city
      • Building a city
      • Fight against water
      • Moving around
      • Living in houses
      • Life and death
      • The Mariotes and their images
      • Writing and language
      • The world of the dead
      • The world of the gods
      • Research
      • Excavation history
      • ​Studying texts from Mari
      • Site conservation
      • Current research
      • Mari and the Syrian crisis
      • Current situation
      • Studying the destruction
      • The destruction of Mari
    • The Great royal palace of Mari
      • The archaeology of the palace
      • Discovery and excavation
      • The architecture of the palace
      • The palace’s painted decorations
      • Reconstruction of the palace
      • Conservation of remains
      • The palace: source of history
      • Diverse sources
      • Archive texts
      • The palace and the arts
      • Paintings in the palace
      • Statuary
      • Objects
      • Decoration and furniture
    • Mari in the museums
    • The statue of Ebih-Il
    • Lion protome
    • Shakkanakku Ishtup-ilum
    • Resources
    • Media library

Mari.. A town by the Euphratus river

On a natural terrace on the right bank of the Euphratus, Mari is set between Syria and Babylonia. This priviledged situation makes her one of the most important cities in 3rd- and 2nd-millennium Middle East.

  • archeologie.culture.fr
  • patrimoineprocheorient.fr - (new window)

Spread knowledge about threatened and attacked sites in the Middle East to enable further research and to show what these universal civilizations and sites were like.

Plan du site

Reduce the size of the text Increase the size of the text
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Print
  • Home
  • Explore the site
    • A controlled environment
      • Geographical location
      • Trade crossroads
      • Spheres of influence
    • The history of Mari
      • Political history
      • Urban stratigraphy
      • The early city (City I)
      • City II
      • City III
    • Urbanism and architecture
      • Planning a new city
      • Building a city
      • Fight against water
      • Moving around
      • Living in houses
    • Life and death
      • The Mariotes and their images
      • Writing and language
      • The world of the dead
      • The world of the gods
    • Research
      • Excavation history
      • ​Studying texts from Mari
      • Site conservation
      • Current research
    • Mari and the Syrian crisis
      • Current situation
      • Studying the destruction
      • The destruction of Mari
  • The Great royal palace of Mari
    • The archaeology of the palace
      • Discovery and excavation
      • The architecture of the palace
      • The palace’s painted decorations
      • Reconstruction of the palace
      • Conservation of remains
    • The palace: source of history
      • Diverse sources
      • Archive texts
    • The palace and the arts
      • Paintings in the palace
      • Statuary
      • Objects
      • Decoration and furniture
  • Mari in the museums
    • The statue of Ebih-Il
    • Lion protome
    • Shakkanakku Ishtup-ilum
  • Resources
    • Media library

Découvrir le site

  • Un environnement maîtrisé
  • L'histoire de Mari
  • Urbanisme et architecture
  • Vivre et mourir
  • La recherche
  • Mari dans la crise syrienne

Le Grand Palais royal de Mari

  • L'archéologie du palais
  • Le palais, source d'histoire
  • Le palais et les arts

Mari dans les musées

  • Le statue d’Ebih-Il
  • Le protomé de lion
  • Le shakkanakku Ishtup-ilum

Resources

  • Media library
  • Bibliographie
  • Glossaire
  • Site plan

About us

  • Qui sommes-nous ?
  • Legal notice
  • Crédits

Partenariats

  • Labex Les passés dans le présent (ANR-11-LABX-0026-01)

About

Beyond time and space, the Archeologie.culture.fr collection presents the history and life of men through the research of the greatest specialists in French archeology.
Visit Archeologie.culture.fr

Discover other sites of the collection

  • Syria - 2,000 years ago
    Palmyra
  • Iraq - 2700 years ago
    Khorsabad
  • Cuneiform and the Near East
  • Syrie - Il y a 7 000 ans
    Tell Feres
ministère de la culture logo Logo du ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères Musée d'achéologie nationale logo
Contact - Accessibilité : Partiellement conforme - - 2023. Ministry of Culture (en)