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Location

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Mashrafah
  • geo:35.986843,38.111374

Period or year

  • -3000~ / -1187

Classification

  • city
  • Visible

Emar [Tell Meskene]

data access 21250

Emar was important Bronze Age trade centre in Upper Meospotamia.

Sources:

  1. Edward Lipiński, On the Skirts of Canaan in the Iron Age: Historical and Topographical Researches, Peeters Publishers, 2006, pp. 288-293
  2. Peter Pfälzner: Levantine Kingdoms of the Late Bronze Age, in: Originalveröffentlichung in: A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (eds. D.T. Potts), Oxford 2012, pp. 770-790 - http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/2856/1/Pfaelzner_Levantine%20Kingdoms%202012.pdf
  3. Kim Ryholt, Gojko Barjamovic, Libraries Before Alexandria: Ancient Near Eastern Traditions, Oxford University Press 2019
  4. Ferhan Sakal, Der spätbronzezeitliche Tempelkomplex von Emar im Lichte der neuen Ausgrabungen. Kamlah, J. (ed.) Temple Building and Temple Cult. Architecture and Cultic Paraphernalia of Temples in the Levant (2.– 1. Mill. B.C.E.), ADPV 41 (2012),  pp. 79-96, Taf. 20-23.
  5. EMAR-https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/emar

Relevant museums

  • Allard Pierson Museum
    Het Allard Pierson Museum is het archeologisch museum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam.
    Netherlands, Amsterdam

Nearby sites

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2015-07-13) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/21250
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Emar [Tell Meskene]. https://vici.org/vici/21250, accessed 2026-11-08.