Another 15 miles [25 km] to the southeast lies the site of Mari. Once a prosperous commercial city, it was destroyed in the 18th century B.C.E. by Babylonian King Hammurabi.
وقد اكتُشف في محفوظات القصر الملكي هناك ما لا يقل عن ٠٠٠‏,١٥ لوح صلصالي عليه نقوش مكتوبة .‏