Rim-Sรฎn I
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Rim-Sรฎn I ({{langx|akk|{{cuneiform|๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ช}}}}, Dri-im-Dsuen) ruled the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa from 1822 BC to 1763 BC (MC). His sister En-ane-du was high priestess of the moon god in Ur. Rim-Sin I was a contemporary of Hammurabi of Babylon and Irdanene of Uruk.[https://uruk-warka.dk/news/2023/THE_RULERS_OF_LARSA.pdf]M. Fitzgerald, "The Rulers of Larsa", Yale University Dissertation, 2002[https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1075&context=books]Marcel Segrist, "Larsa Year Names", Andrews University Press, 1990 {{ISBN|0-943872-54-5}}{{cite book|title= Chronology of the Larsa dynasty |first1= E.M. |last1=Grice |first2= C.E.| last2= Keiser |first3=M. |last3= Jastrow |publisher= AMS Press |year= 1979 |isbn= 0-404-60274-6}} His father, Kudur-mabuk, may have been of Elamite descent, notwithstanding his Akkadian name.Amanda H. Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East. Oxford University Press, 2022. 269. {{ISBN|9780190059040}}.
Reign
Rim-Sinโs reign of Larsa started sometime around 1822 BC (in middle chronology) when he succeeded his brother, Warad-Sin. He immediately began to expand Larsa by attacking the neighboring city-states of Uruk, Isin, and Babylon. By 1808 BC, the city was so big that other cities were worried about its growth. The king of Isin, the ruler of Uruk, and the chief of Babylon campaigned against Rim-Sin. He defeated them, then occupied Pi-Naratim (the mouths of the Tigris and Euphrates) in 1807, Zibnatum in 1805, Bit-Susin and Uzarbara in 1804, and Kisarra in 1802. He also destroyed Der in that year. In 1801 BC he sacked Uruk, sparing its inhabitants. In 1797 he invaded the territory of Isin, finally seizing the capital in 1792 BC. This conquest was so important to Rim-Sin that every year name of his rule after was named in years after the sack of Isin.{{cite book|last1=Van de Mieroop|first1=Marc|title=King Hammurabi of Babylon|date=2005|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|location=Malden, Ma|isbn=1-4051-2660-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/kinghammurabiofb00marc/page/31 31โ39]|url=https://archive.org/details/kinghammurabiofb00marc/page/31}}[https://cdli-gh.github.io/year-names/HTML/T10K10.htm Year names of Rim-Sin I - CDLI]{{cite book |title=A List of Year Names of Rim-Sin of Larsa |pages=11โ12 |url=https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/12833/1/CUSAS-17-11.pdf}}
In 1787 BC, Hammurabi, the king of Babylon, attacked Isin and reports to have conquered it, but this is more likely an exaggeration of a successful raid. In 1764 BC, Hammurabi turned against Rim-Sin, who had refused to support Hammurabi in his war against Elam despite pledging his troops. Hammurabi, with troops from Mari, first attacked Mashkan-shapir on the northern edge of Rim-Sin's realm. Hammurabi's forces quickly reached Larsa, and after a six-month siege the city fell. Rim-Sin escaped the city but was soon found and taken prisoner and died thereafter.{{cite book |title= History of the Ancient World |first= Susan Wise |last= Bauer |publisher= W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. |year= 2007 |isbn= 978-0-393-05974-8 |url= https://archive.org/details/historyofancient00baue }}
See also
{{Commons category|Rim-Sin I}}
File:Rim-Sin foundation tablet, 1822-1763 BC - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07170.JPG|Rim-Sin foundation tablet, 1822โ1763 BC - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago.
File:Stone bowl dedicated to Innana of Zabala, 1822-1763 BC - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07161.JPG|Stone bowl dedicated to Innana of Zabala, in the name of Rim-Sin, 1822โ1763 BC - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
File:Rim-Sin, King of Larsa.jpg|{{center|Title "Rim-Sin, King of Larsa" on the stone bowl:
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{{cuneiform|๐}} King of
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File:Foundation figurine of Rim-Sin for Nanaya.jpg|Foundation figurine of Rim-Sin for Nanaya. British Museum
File:Tablet of Rim-Sin king of Larsa.jpg|Dedication tablet of Rim-Sin king of Larsa
Notes
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External links
- [http://cdli.ucla.edu/tools/yearnames/HTML/T10K10.htm Rim-Sin I Year Names at CDLI]
{{Kings of Isin-Larsa}}
{{Rulers of the Ancient Near East}}
Category:19th-century BC Sumerian kings
Category:18th-century BC Sumerian kings
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