Back أم المرة Arabic ام المره ARZ Umm el-Marra Spanish امالمره Persian Tell Umm el-Marra French Umm al-Mara Polish
Arabic: أم المرة | |
  Shown within Syria | |
| Location |  Syria |
|---|---|
| Region | Aleppo Governorate |
| Coordinates | 36°08′02″N 37°41′38″E / 36.133791°N 37.693819°E |
| Area | 25 ha |
Umm el-Marra, (Arabic: أم المرة), east of modern Aleppo in the Jabbul Plain of northern Syria, was one of the ancient Near East's oldest cities, located on a crossroads of two trade routes northwest of Ebla, in a landscape that was much more fertile than it is today. Possibly this is the city of Tuba mentioned in Egyptian inscriptions listing cities that were defeated or destroyed in the Pharaoh Thutmose III's north Syrian campaign. The city of Tuba is also mentioned in epigraphic remains from Ebla, Mari, and Alalakh.