Mari, Syria

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Mari
تل حريري (in Arabic)
Ruins of Mari
Mari lies in the east of Syria, close to the border with Iraq.
Mari lies in the east of Syria, close to the border with Iraq.
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Mari lies in the east of Syria, close to the border with Iraq.
Mari lies in the east of Syria, close to the border with Iraq.
Mari, Syria (Syria)
Alternative nameTell Hariri
LocationAbu Kamal, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
Coordinates34°32′58″N 40°53′24″E / 34.54944°N 40.89000°E / 34.54944; 40.89000
TypeSettlement
Area60 hectares (150 acres)
History
Foundedc. 2900 BC
Abandoned3rd century BC
PeriodsBronze Age
CulturesEast-Semitic (Kish civilization), Amorite
Site notes
ArchaeologistsAndré Parrot
ConditionRuined
OwnershipPublic
Public accessYes

Mari (

Arabic: تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Its remains form a tell 11 kilometers north-west of Abu Kamal on the Euphrates River western bank, some 120 kilometers southeast of Deir ez-Zor. It flourished as a trade center and hegemonic state between 2900 BC and 1759 BC.[note 1] The city was built in the middle of the Euphrates trade routes between Sumer in the south and the Eblaite kingdom and the Levant
in the west.

Mari was first abandoned in the middle of the 26th century BC but was rebuilt and became the capital of a hegemonic

Amorite Lim dynasty. The Amorite Mari lasted only a short time before it was destroyed by Babylonia in c. 1761 BC, but it survived as a small settlement under the rule of the Babylonians and the Assyrians before being abandoned and forgotten during the Hellenistic period
.

The Mariotes worshiped both Semitic and Sumerian deities and established their city as a major trading center. Although the pre-Amorite periods were characterized by heavy Sumerian cultural influence, Mari was not a city of Sumerian immigrants but a Semitic-speaking nation with a dialect similar to Eblaite. The Amorites were West Semites who began to settle the area before the 21st century BC; by the Lim dynasty (c. 1830 BC), they became the dominant population in the Fertile Crescent.

Mari's discovery in 1933 provided an important insight into the geopolitical map of ancient

Mediterranean
.

Name

The name of Mari (Cuneiform: 𒈠𒌷𒆠, ma-riki), on the statue of Iddi-Ilum, c. 2090 BC

Written in

storm deity of northern Mesopotamia and Syria, who was considered the tutelary deity of the city,[2] Georges Dossin noted that the name of the city was spelled identically to that of the storm god and concluded that Mari was named after him.[3]

History

Early Bronze Age

First kingdom

It is believed that Mari did not grow from a small settlement,[4] but was founded c. 2900 BC during the Mesopotamian Early Dynastic period I as a new city to control the waterways of the Euphrates trade routes connecting the Levant with the Sumerian south.[4][5] The city was built about 1 to 2 kilometers from the Euphrates river to protect it from floods,[4] and was connected to the river by an artificial canal 7 to 10 kilometers long whose route is hard to identify today.[6]

Mari's landmarks

The city is difficult to excavate as it is buried deep under later layers of habitation.[5] A circular flood embankment was unearthed,[5] containing an area 300 meters in length for gardens and craftsmen's quarters,[6] and a defensive circular internal rampart 6.7 m thick[5] and 8 to 10 meters high, strengthened by defensive towers.[6] Other findings include one of the city gates, a street beginning at the center and ending at the gate, and residential houses.[5] Mari had a central mound,[7] but no temple or palace has been unearthed there.[5] A large building was however excavated (with dimensions of 32 m x 25 m), seemingly with an administrative function. It had stone foundations and rooms up to 12 meters long and 6 meters wide.[8] The city was abandoned c. 2550 BC at the end of the Early Dynastic period II, for unknown reasons.[5]

Second kingdom

Around the beginning of Early Dynastic period III (earlier than 2500 BC)[9] Mari was rebuilt and populated again.[5][10] The new city kept many of the first city's exterior features, including the internal rampart and gate.[5][11] Also kept was the outer circular embankment measuring 1.9 km in diameter, which was topped by a wall two meters thick capable of[11] protecting archers.[5]

Statue of Ebih-Il, a superintendent in Mari. (25th century BC)

However, the internal urban structure was completely changed[12] and the new city was carefully planned. First to be built were the streets that descended from the elevated center into the gates, ensuring the drainage of rain water.[5]

At the heart of the city, a royal palace was built that also served as a temple.[5] Four successive architectural levels from the second kingdom's palace have been unearthed (the oldest is designated P3, while the latest is P0). The last two levels are dated to the Akkadian period.[13] The first two levels were excavated;[13] the findings include a temple (Enceinte Sacrée or sacred enclosure) dedicated to an unknown deity,[13][14] a pillared throne room, and a hall with three double wood pillars leading to the temple.[13]

Six smaller temples were discovered in the city, including the temple called the Massif Rouge (unknown dedication), and temples dedicated to

Ishtar, Ninhursag, and Shamash.[14] All the temples were located in the center of the city except for the Ishtar temple; the area between the Enceinte Sacrée and the Massif Rouge is considered to have been the administrative center of the high priest.[14]

The second kingdom appears to have been a powerful and prosperous political center,[9] its kings held the title of Lugal,[17] and many are attested in the city, the most important source being the letter of king Enna-Dagan c. 2350 BC,[note 2][19] which was sent to Irkab-Damu of Ebla,[note 3]. In it, the Mariote king mentions his predecessors and their military achievements.[21] However, the reading of this letter is still uncertain and many interpretations have been presented by scholars.[22][23][24]

Mari–Ebla war
Helmetted warrior with axe, Mari
Ishqi-Mari, king of the Second Kingdom of Mari, circa 2300 BC

The earliest attested king in the letter of Enna-Dagan is

Išhtup-Išar of Mari's conquest of Emar[24] at a time of Eblaite weakness in the mid-24th century BC. King Igrish-Halam of Ebla had to pay tribute to Iblul-Il of Mari,[28][29] who is mentioned in the letter, conquering many of Ebla's cities and campaigning in the Burman region.[24]

Enna-Dagan also received tribute;

Hidar.[34] According to Alfonso Archi [de], Hidar was succeeded by Ishqi-Mari whose royal seal was discovered. It depicts battle scenes, causing Archi to suggest that he was responsible for the destruction of Ebla while still a general.[34][35]

Destruction of Mari by Sargon of Akkad
Soldiers, shell inlay. Mari

Just a decade after Ebla's destruction (c. 2300 BC middle chronology), Mari itself was destroyed and burned by

short chronology).[39] Ishqi-Mari was probably the last king of Mari before the conquests by the Akkadian Empire.[40] Sargon of Akkad collected tribute from Mari and Elam:[41]

Sargon the King bowed down to Dagan in Tuttul. He (Dagan) gave to him (Sargon) the Upper Land: Mari, Iarmuti, and Ebla, as far as the Cedar Forest and the Silver Mountains

— Nippur inscription of Sargon[42][43]

Third kingdom

Mari was deserted for two generations before being restored by the Akkadian king Manishtushu.[44] A governor was appointed to govern the city who held the title Shakkanakku (military governor).[45] Akkad kept direct control over the city, which is evident by Naram-Sin of Akkad's appointment of two of his daughters to priestly offices in the city.[45]

Shakkanakku dynasty
Puzur-Ishtar, Shakkanakku (Military Governor) of Mari, circa 2050 BC

In the Akkadian period, the first member of the Shakkanakku dynasty on the lists is Ididish, who was appointed in c. 2266 BC.[note 6][47] According to the lists, Ididish ruled for 60 years[48] and was succeeded by his son=, making the position hereditary.[49]

The third Mari followed the second city in terms of general structure,[50] phase P0 of the old royal palace was replaced by a new palace for the Shakkanakku.[51] Another smaller palace was built in the eastern part of the city,[7] and contained royal burials that date to the former periods.[52] The ramparts were rebuilt and strengthened while the embankment was turned into a defensive wall that reached 10 meters in width.[51] The former sacred inclosure was maintained,[51] so was the temple of Ninhursag. However, the temples of Ninni-Zaza and Ishtarat disappeared,[51] while a new temple called the "temple of lions" (dedicated to Dagan),[53] was built by the Shakkanakku Ishtup-Ilum and attached to it, was a rectangular terrace that measured 40 x 20 meters for sacrifices.[51][7][54]

Akkad disintegrated during Shar-Kali-Sharri's reign,[55] and Mari gained its independence, but the use of the Shakkanakku title continued during the following Third Dynasty of Ur period.[56] A princess of Mari married the son of king Ur-Nammu of Ur,[57][58] and Mari was nominally under Ur hegemony.[59] However, the vassalage did not impede the independence of Mari,[60][61] and some Shakkanakkus used the royal title Lugal in their votive inscriptions, while using the title of Shakkanakku in their correspondence with the Ur's court.[62] The dynasty ended for unknown reasons not long before the establishment of the next dynasty, which took place in the second half of the 19th century BC.[63][64][65]

Middle Bronze Age

Lim dynasty

The second millennium BC in the Fertile Crescent was characterized by the expansion of the Amorites, which culminated with them dominating and ruling most of the region,[66] including Mari which in c. 1830 BC, became the seat of the Amorite Lim dynasty under king Yaggid-Lim.[65][67] However, the epigraphical and archaeological evidences showed a high degree of continuity between the Shakkanakku and the Amorite eras.[note 7][57]

Yaggid-Lim was the ruler of Suprum before establishing himself in Mari,[note 8][note 9][70] he entered an alliance with Ila-kabkabu of Ekallatum, but the relations between the two monarchs changed to an open war.[69][71] The conflict ended with Ila-kabkabu capturing Yaggid-Lim's heir Yahdun-Lim and according to a tablet found in Mari, Yaggid-Lim who survived Ila-kabkabu was killed by his servants.[note 10][69] However, in c. 1820 BC Yahdun-Lim was firmly in control as king of Mari.[note 11][71]

Goddess of the vase, Mari, 18th century BC

Yahdun-Lim started his reign by subduing seven of his rebelling tribal leaders, and rebuilding the walls of Mari and Terqa in addition to building a new fort which he named Dur-Yahdun-Lim.

Shubat-Enlil, the son of the late Ila-kabkabu.[77] The war ended in a defeat for Mari,[77][78] and Yahdun-Lim was assassinated in c. 1798 BC by his possible son Sumu-Yamam,[79][80] who himself got assassinated two years after ascending the throne while Shamshi-Adad advanced and annexed Mari.[81]

Shamshi-Adad of Assyria and Yasmah-Adad

Shamshi-Adad (r. 1809-1775 BC) appointed his son Yasmah-Adad on the throne of Mari, the new king married Yahdun-Lim's daughter,[82][83] while the rest of the Lim family took refuge in Yamhad,[84] and the annexation was officially justified by what Shamshi-Adad considered sinful acts on the side of the Lim family.[85] To strengthen his position against his new enemy Yamhad, Shamshi-Adad married Yasmah-Adad to Betlum, the daughter of Ishi-Addu of Qatna.[83] However, Yasmah-Adad neglected his bride causing a crisis with Qatna, and he proved to be an unable leader causing the rage of his father who died in c. 1776 BC,[83][86][87] while the armies of Yarim-Lim I of Yamhad were advancing in support of Zimri-Lim, the heir of the Lim dynasty.[note 12][87]

Investiture of Zimri-Lim (18th century BC)

Zimri-Lim of Mari

As Zimri-Lim advanced, a leader of the Sim'alites (Zimri-Lim's tribe) overthrew Yasmah-Adad,[89] opening the road for Zimri-Lim who arrived a few months after Yasmah-Adad's escape,[90] and married princess Shibtu the daughter of Yarim-Lim I a short time after his enthronement in c. 1776 BC.[87] Zimri-Lim's ascension to the throne with the help of Yarim-Lim I affected Mari's status, Zimri-Lim referred to Yarim-Lim as his father, and the Yamhadite king was able to order Mari as the mediator between Yamhad's main deity Hadad and Zimri-Lim, who declared himself a servant of Hadad.[91]

Zimri-Lim started his reign with a campaign against the Yaminites, he also established alliances with Eshnunna and Hammurabi of Babylon,[84] and sent his armies to aid the Babylonians.[92] The new king directed his expansion policy toward the north in the Upper Khabur region, which was named Idamaraz [ca],[93] where he subjugated the local petty kingdoms in the region such as Urkesh,[94] and Talhayum [ca], forcing them into vassalage.[95] The expansion was met by the resistance of Qarni-Lim, the king of Andarig,[96] whom Zimri-Lim defeated, securing the Mariote control over the region in c. 1771 BC,[97] and the kingdom prospered as a trading center and entered a period of relative peace.[87] Zimri-Lim's greatest heritage was the renovation of the Royal Palace, which was expanded greatly to contain 275 rooms,[7][98] exquisite artifacts such as The Goddess of the Vase statue,[99] and a royal archive that contained thousands of tablets.[100]

Babylonian period

The relations with Babylon worsened with a dispute over the city of

Hīt that consumed much time in negotiations,[101] during which a war against Elam involved both kingdoms in c. 1765 BC.[102] Finally, the kingdom was invaded by Hammurabi who defeated Zimri-Lim in battle in c. 1761 BC and ended the Lim dynasty,[103] while Terqa became the capital of a rump state named the Kingdom of Hana.[104] In the south, the region of Suhum
became a Babylonian province.

Mari survived the destruction and rebelled against Babylon in c. 1759 BC, causing Hammurabi to destroy the whole city.[105] However, by an act of mercy Hammurabi may have allowed Mari to survive as a small village under Babylonian administration (according to Marc Van De Mieroop).[105]

Late Bronze Age

Later, Mari became part of Assyria and was listed among the territories conquered by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I (reigned 1243–1207 BC).[106] Afterward, Mari constantly changed hands between Assyria and Babylon.[106]

Iron Age

In the middle of the eleventh century BC, Mari became part of Hana whose king

Adad-Nirari III (r. 810–783 BC).[106]

Shamash-Risha-Usur (c. 760 BC)

In c. 760 BC,

Suhu and Mari, so did his son Ninurta-Kudurri-Usur.[106] However, by that time, Mari was known to be located in the so-called Land of Laqe,[note 13] making it unlikely that the Usur family actually controlled it, and suggesting that the title was employed out of historical reasons.[106]

The city continued as a small settlement until the Hellenistic period before disappearing from records.[106]

Modern history

By 2015,

ISIS devastated and looted systematically the site and specially the royal palace.[109] It was one of the first archaeological sites to be occupied by this group.[110]

People, language and government

Further information: List of kings of Mari
A Mariote from the second kingdom. (25th century BC)

The founders of the first city may have been Sumerians or more probably

I. J. Gelb relates Mari's foundation with the Kish civilization,[111] which was a cultural entity of East Semitic speaking populations, that stretched from the center of Mesopotamia to Ebla in the western Levant.[112]

At its height, the second city was the home of about 40,000 people.

Amorite tribes became the majority of the pastoral groups in the middle Euphrates and Khabur valleys.[117] Amorite names started to be observed in the city toward the end of the Shakkanakku period, even among the ruling dynasty members.[118]

Statues from Mari in the National Museum of Aleppo

During the Lim era, the population became predominantly Amorite but also included Akkadian named people,[note 14] and although the Amorite language became the dominant tongue, Akkadian remained the language of writing.[119][120][121] The pastoral Amorites in Mari were called the Haneans, a term that indicate nomads in general,[122] those Haneans were split into the Yaminites (sons of the south) and Sim'alites (sons of the north), with the ruling house belonging to the Sim'al branch.[122] The kingdom was also a home to tribes of Suteans who lived in the district of Terqa.[123]

Mari was an absolute monarchy, with the king controlling every aspect of the administration, helped by the scribes who played the role of administrators.[124][125] During the Lim era, Mari was divided into four provinces in addition to the capital, the provincial seats were located at Terqa, Saggarâtum, Qaṭṭunān and Tuttul. Each province had its own bureaucracy,[125] the government supplied the villagers with ploughs and agricultural equipments, in return for a share in the harvest.[126]

Culture and religion

A Mariote woman. (25th century BC)

The first and second kingdoms were heavily influenced by the Sumerian south.[127] The society was led by an urban oligarchy,[128] and the citizens were well known for elaborate hair styles and dress.[129][130] The calendar was based on a solar year divided into twelve months, and was the same calendar used in Ebla "the old Eblaite calendar".[131][132] Scribes wrote in Sumerian language and the art was indistinguishable from Sumerian art, so was the architectural style.[133]

Mesopotamian influence continued to affect Mari's culture during the Amorite period,[134] which is evident in the Babylonian scribal style used in the city.[135] However, it was less influential than the former periods and a distinct Syrian style prevailed, which is noticeable in the seals of kings, which reflect a clear Syrian origin.[134] The society was a tribal one,[136] it consisted mostly of farmers and nomads (Haneans),[137] and in contrast to Mesopotamia, the temple had a minor role in everyday life as the power was mostly invested in the palace.[138] Women enjoyed a relative equality to men,[139] queen Shibtu ruled in her husband's name while he was away, and had an extensive administrative role and authority over her husband's highest officials.[140]

The Pantheon included both Sumerian and Semitic deities,

Dumuzi,[147] Enki, Anu, and Enlil.[148] Prophecy had an important role for the society, temples included prophets,[149] who gave council to the king and participated in the religious festivals.[150]

Economy

The first Mari provided the oldest wheel workshop yet discovered in Syria,[151] and was a center of bronze metallurgy.[4] The city also contained districts devoted to smelting, dyeing, and pottery manufacture,[13] using charcoal brought by river boats from the upper Khabur and Euphrates area.[4]

The second kingdom's economy was based on both agriculture and trade.[120] It was centralized and directed through a communal organization,[120] with grain stored in communal granaries and distributed according to social status.[120] The organization also controlled the animal herds in the kingdom.[120] Some groups were direct beneficiaries of the palace instead of the communal organization, including the metal and textile producers and military officials.[120] Ebla was an important trading partner and rival,[152] Mari's position made it an important trading center astride the road linking the Levant and Mesopotamia.[153]

The Amorite Mari maintained the older aspects of the economy, still largely based on irrigated agriculture along the Euphrates valley.

Iranian Plateau exported west as far as Crete. Other goods included copper from Cyprus, silver from Anatolia, wood from Lebanon, gold from Egypt, olive oil, wine, and textiles, and even precious stones from modern Afghanistan.[155]

Excavations and archive

Excavations by the archaeological team of André Parrot in 1936. Discovery of the statue of military Governor Ishtup-Ilum

Mari was discovered in 1933, on the eastern flank of Syria, near the Iraqi border.

control of Syria, the report was investigated, and digging on the site was started on December 14, 1933, by archaeologists from the Louvre in Paris.[156] The location of the fragment was excavated, revealing the temple of Ishtar, which led to the commencing of the full scale excavations.[157] Mari was classified by the archaeologists as the "most westerly outpost of Sumerian culture".[158]

Since the beginning of excavations, over 25,000 clay tablets in Akkadian language written in

Zimri-Lim's palace has been reconstructed, including the wall paintings.[162]

Mari has been excavated in annual campaigns in 1933–1939, 1951–1956, and since 1960.[163] André Parrot conducted the first 21 seasons up to 1974,[164] and was followed by Jean-Claude Margueron [fr] (1979–2004),[165] and Pascal Butterlin (starting in 2005).[163] A journal devoted to the site, released in 8 volumes between 1982 and 1997, was Mari: Annales de recherches interdisciplinaires.[166][167] Archaeologists have tried to determine how many layers the site descends, according to French archaeologist André Parrot, "each time a vertical probe was commenced in order to trace the site's history down to virgin soil, such important discoveries were made that horizontal digging had to be resumed."[168]

Mari tablets

Over 25,000 tablets were found in the burnt library of Zimri-Lim written in Akkadian

Northwest Semitic.[173] Six of the tablets found were in the Hurrian language.[174]

Current situation

Excavations stopped from 2011 as a result of the

Syrian Civil War and have not restarted.[175] The site came under the control of armed gangs and suffered large scale looting. A 2014 official report revealed that robbers were focusing on the royal palace, the public baths, the temple of Ishtar, and the temple of Dagan.[176] Based on satellite imagery, looting continued until at least 2017.[177]

See also

Notes

  1. Middle chronology
    unless otherwise stated.
  2. ^ In old readings, it was thought that Enna-Dagan was a general of Ebla. However, the deciphering of Ebla's tablets showed him in Mari and receiving gifts from Ebla during the reigns of his Mariote predecessors.[18]
  3. ^ Irkab-Damu is not named in the letter but it is almost certain that he was the recipient.[20]
  4. ^ Located 26 km west of Raqqa.[26]
  5. ^ Located in the Euphrates middle valley close to Sweyhat.[27]
  6. ^ According to Jean-Marie Durand, this Shakkanakku was appointed by Manishtushu, other opinions consider Naram-Sin as the appointer of Ididish.[46]
  7. ^ This ruled out the former theory that there was an abandonment of Mari during the transition period.[57]
  8. ^ Suprum is 12 kilometers upstream from Mari, perhaps the modern Tel Abu Hasan.[68]
  9. ^ It is not certain that Yaggid-Lim controlled Mari, however he is traditionally considered the first king of the dynasty.[69]
  10. ^ The credibility of the tablet is doubted as it was written by Yasmah-Adad who was Ila-kabkabu grandson.[69]
  11. ^ The transition of the Lim family from Suprum to Mari could have been the work of Yahdun-Lim after the war with Ila-kabkabu.[72]
  12. ^ Although officially a son of Yahdun-Lim, in reality he was a grandchild or nephew.[88]
  13. ^ An ancient designation for the land that include the confluence of the Khabur and the Euphrates rivers.[108]
  14. ^ Jean-Marie Durand, although not speculating the fate of the East-Semitic population, believe that the Akkadians during the Lim dynasty are not descended from the East-Semites of the Shakkanakku period.[115]

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