Ancient city on River Euphrates. Between 1933 and 1955 20,000 tablets in Akkadian language were found. They date from the 2nd millennium BCE and give information about the surrounding culture in the time of the OT patriarchs of Genesis.
Citation for Mari
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"Mari." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 22, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1202>.
Chicago
"Mari." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1202 (accessed May 22, 2013).