Abstract
Under the reign of Zimri-Lim, a variety of textiles were produced in Mari, sometimes to be sent as gifts to neighbouring allies. The textile manufacture was one of the key industries in Mari. The palace controlled large textile workshops, which were wellestablished in the beginning of Zimri-Lim's reign. Their workers were neatly organized into groups, and the organization was rather fixed. These groups can be classified into two types: (1) groups each of which was composed of two teams, a team of female weavers and a team of male fullers, and (2) groups, mainly consisting of special type of craftsmen, LÚ. TÚG. DU8. The groups of the former type tended to specialize in manufacturing either luxurious textiles or ordinary ones, and their members were chosen according to its speciality. The groups of the latter type were responsible for finishing, such as ornamentation and dyeing.
