Emar
Sign in to saveEmar (, ), is an archaeological site at Tell Meskene in the Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria. It sits in the great bend of the mid-Euphrates, now on the shoreline of the man-made Lake Assad near the town of Maskanah.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Emar
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Tell Meskene ()
- Ancient site.image
- View_from_the_Byzantine_Tower_at_Meskene,_ancient_Barbalissos.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- View from the Byzantine Tower at Meskene, ancient Barbalissos
- Ancient site.map_type
- Syria
- Ancient site.map_size
- 200
- Ancient site.location
- Near Maskanah, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
- Ancient site.region
- Euphrates Lake shoreline
- Ancient site.type
- settlement
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 1187 BC
- Ancient site.cultures
- Amorite
- Ancient site.dependency_of
- Ebla, Yamhad, Carchemish
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1972–19761996–2002
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Jean-Claude Margueron
- Ancient site.ownership
- Public
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
- Ancient site.native_name
- 𒂍𒈥
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Maskanah
- Body of water
- Euphrates Lake
- Image
- View from the Byzantine Tower at Meskene, ancient Barbalissos.jpg
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1187-01-01
- Commons category
- Emar
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
On the map
2 mapped locations