Roland de Mecquenem (archaeologist)

{{Short description|French archaeologist (1877–1957)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Roland de Mecquenem

| image = Cup Susa Louvre MAO568.jpg

| alt = Earthenware cup with metallic lustre and opaque glaze, overglaze painted, 9th century excavated by Roland de Mecquenem in Susa, 1921.

| caption = Earthenware cup with metallic lustre and opaque glaze, overglaze painted, 9th century excavated by Roland de Mecquenem in Susa, 1921.

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 1877

| birth_place = Orléans

| death_date = 1957

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| nationality = French

| other_names =

| known_for = Discovering first known envelope{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

| occupation = archaeologist

}}

Roland de Mecquenem (20 August 1877 – 1957) was a French archaeologist who took part in the excavations of Susa in Iran.{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mecquenem-roland-de |title=Mecquenem, Roland de |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition |date= January 6, 2005

|first=Laurianne |last=Martinez-Sève

|accessdate=August 14, 2011}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KdlhaAfK1sYC&q=%22Roland+de+Mecquenem%22&pg=PA73 |title=Dictionary of the Ancient Near East |page=73

|editor1=Piotr Bienkowski |editor2=Alan Ralph Millard |year= 2000

|isbn=0812235576 |accessdate=August 14, 2011}}[http://data.bnf.fr/11208155/roland_de_mecquenem/ Roland de Mecquenem (1877-1957)] data.bnf.fr

He was a graduate of the École des Mines.

From 1913 to 1946 he was the director of excavations of the Mission Archéologique de Susiane at Susa. In 1935 he discovered the ancient Elamite complex at Chogha Zanbil. In Persia he excavated numerous artifacts, many of which were sent to the Louvre in Paris.[https://books.google.com/books?id=V9QrPMN1C4EC&dq=%22Chogha+Zanbil%22+Mecquenem&pg=PA73 Dictionary of the Ancient Near East] by Piotr Bienkowski, Alan Millard[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mecquenem-roland-de Mecquenem, Roland de] Encyclopaedia Iranica