Mari — Palace East Wing Archive Room
ماري · Mari Archive
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE)·Bronze Age urban·🇸🇾 Deir ez-Zor, Tell Hariri, Mari, Syria
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About Mari — Palace East Wing Archive Room
Mari — Palace East Wing Archive Room in Deir ez-Zor, Tell Hariri, Mari, Syria is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age urban. Systematic survey and magnetometry document architectural phasing. The site includes a principal necropolis and ancillary settlement. Dimensions city wall circuit 1.2 km; area 18 ha; area 37.6 ha. Excavation partially-excavated; condition ruins. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age urban ancient-city with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 180 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction technique
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Elite residence hypothesis
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2500 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age urban
- Purpose
- Urban centre with palace and temple precinct
- Rediscovered
- 1956
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2500 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 1065 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1938
Modern rediscovery and excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
34.5500° N · 40.8900° E · 180 m · 3 mapped features
- Principal MonumentstructurePrincipal Monument at Mari — Palace East Wing Archive Room — structure with stratified deposits34.5522° N · 40.8891° E
- Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary Complex at Mari — Palace East Wing Archive Room — complex with stratified deposits34.5495° N · 40.8906° E
- Outlier FeatureoutlierOutlier Feature at Mari — Palace East Wing Archive Room — outlier with stratified deposits34.5517° N · 40.8905° E
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