André Charles Ulrich Parrot (15 February 1901 – 24 August 1980) was a French

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

specializing in the ancient Near East. He led excavations in

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and

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, and is best known for his work at

Mari, Syria Mari (Cuneiform: , ''ma-riki'', modern Tell Hariri; ) was an ancient Semitic people, Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Its remains form a Tell (archaeology), tell 11 kilometers north-west of Abu Kamal on the Euphrates, Euphrates River ...

, where he led important excavations from 1933 to 1975.

Biography

Parrot was born in 1901 in

Désandans Désandans () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population Notable natives * André Parrot (1901–1980), archaeologist See also * Communes of the Doubs department The follow ...

in the French department of

Doubs Doubs (, ; ; ) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

from 1958 to 1962. He was a Commander of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

and a member of the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

. He married his second wife Marie-Louise Girod in 1960, and died in Paris in 1980. One of his students at the

École du Louvre The École du Louvre () is a selective institution of higher education and prestigious ''grande école'' located in the Aile de Flore of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It is dedicated to the study of archaeology, art history, anthropology ...

was

Denise Cocquerillat Denise Cocquerillat (8 June 1918, Granville - 18 December 1999, Paris) was a French archaeologist and Assyriologist, specialist in cuneiform texts. Biography She studied at the École du Louvre and passed a thesis (“The Mace in Mesopotamian Ic ...

. When he was mobilised in 1940, he was replaced as a teacher at the École du Louvre by

Marguerite Rutten Marguerite Rutten (18 October 1898, Paris - 7 April 1984, Nice) was a French archaeologist and Assyriologist. Biography “Maggie” Rutten, of Dutch ancestry, studied first at the Institut Catholique de Paris (diplome 1930). Then she spent her e ...

Bibliography

* ''Mari, a lost city'' (1936) * ''Mesopotamian Archaeology'' (1946–1953) * ''The Temple of Jerusalem'' (1957) * ''Sumer'' (1960) * ''Assur'' (1961) * ''Abraham and His Times'' (1962, Oxford UP) * ''The Treasure of Ur'' (1968) * ''The Art of Sumer'' (1970) * ''The excavations of Mari, 18th and 19th campaigns'' (1970–1971) * ''Mari, fabulous capital'' (1974) * ''Les Phéniciens: L'expansion phénicienne; Carthage'' (Paris: Gallimard, 1975) * ''Archaeology'' (1976) () * ''Archaeological Adventure'' (1979) ()

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on data.bnf.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Parrot, Andre 1901 births 1980 deaths French Assyriologists People from Doubs Directors of the Louvre Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres French art historians Commanders of the Legion of Honour 20th-century French archaeologists Corresponding fellows of the British Academy Archaeologists of Phoenicia