The Investiture of Zimri-Lim is a large colorful mural discovered at the Royal Palace of the ancient city-state of Mari in eastern Syria.

[1] The painting was discovered in situ on its original wall located opposite the grand doorway to the podium which leads to the throne room of the palace.

Ishtar is depicted wearing her divine crown, with weapons sprouting from her shoulders and a sickle-sword in her left hand, and presenting the king with the rod-and-ring symbol.

On either side of the king and Ishtar stands a Lama deity, the minor goddess of intercession in Mesopotamia, wearing a horned headdress.

[4] The outer panels depict a garden of palms and another mythical tree with a red trunk and blue leaves.

[5] The fresco was poorly preserved due to the region's conditions and the destruction of the palace in the fire when Hammurabi sacked the city in c. 1760 BC.