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Contents
Mari, by Abraham Malamat     2
The "Ghassulian" Temple in Ein Gedi and the Origin of the
Hoard from Nahal Mishmar, by David Ussishkin     23
Nelson Glueck: In Memoriam     39
Mari
ABRAHAM MALAMAT
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Mari was one of the prineipal centers of Mesopotamia during the third and early second millennia B.C. The archaeological and epigraphical discoveries there are of prime significance for the history of Mesopotamia and upper Syria, and for biblical research, especially on Hebrew origins and the formative stages of Israelite history. Mari (sometimes Ma'eri in the euneiform sourccs) was located at Tell Hariri, at present about a mile and onehalf west of the Euphrates near Abu Kemal, some fifteen miles north of the modern Syria-Iraq border. lt was in an optimal position for eontacts with the west, and its loeation on the river artery, yet immediately adjacent to the desert, was continually deeisive in the shaping of its fortune and eharacter.
 

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