André Parrot

André Parrot
André Parrot in 1961
Born(1901-02-15)15 February 1901
Désandans, Doubs, France
Died24 August 1980(1980-08-24) (aged 79)
Paris, France
Known forLeading excavations in Mari, Syria from 1933 to 1975
Spouse
Marie-Louise Girod
​
(m. 1960)​
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology
Excavations in Mari, Syria by the archaeological team of André Parrot in 1936. Discovery of the statue of King Ishtup-Ilum.

André Charles Ulrich Parrot (15 February 1901 – 24 August 1980) was a French archaeologist specializing in the ancient Near East. He led excavations in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria, and is best known for his work at Mari, Syria, where he led important excavations from 1933[1] to 1975.

Biography

Parrot was born in 1901 in Désandans in the French department of Doubs. He was appointed chief curator of the National Museums in 1946, and became director of the Louvre[2] from 1958 to 1962.[3] He was a Commander of the Legion of Honour and a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 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 was Denise Cocquerillat.[4] When he was mobilised in 1940, he was replaced as a teacher at the École du Louvre by Marguerite Rutten.[5]

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) (ISBN 2-228-89009-X)
  • Archaeological Adventure (1979) (ISBN 2-221-00392-6)

References

  1. ^ Parrot, André (1935). "Les fouilles de Mari (Première campagne)" (PDF). Syria (in French). 16 (1). Institut français du Proche-Orient: 1–28. doi:10.3406/syria.1935.8338. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Deaths elsewhere". St Petersburg Times. 26 August 1980. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  3. ^ "André Parrot", in Je m'appelle Byblos, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, 2005, p. 256.
  4. ^ École du Louvre, Paris (France) (1956). Position des thèses et des mémoires (in French). p. 349.
  5. ^ "Diplôme d'élève breveté de l'école spéciale des langues orientales vivantes". docplayer.fr. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

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