Rim-Sîn I

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'''Rim-Sîn I''' ({{langx|akk|{{cuneiform|𒀭𒊑𒅎𒀭𒂗𒍪}}}}, Dri-im-Dsuen; died {{Circa}} 1763 BC) ruled the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa from 1823 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.<ref name="Fitzgerald2002">[https://uruk-warka.dk/news/2023/THE_RULERS_OF_LARSA.pdf] M. Fitzgerald, "The Rulers of Larsa", Yale University Dissertation, 2002</ref><ref>[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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> His father, Kudur-Mabuk, grandfather Šimti-šilhak and his daughter Manzi-wartaš had Elamite names.<ref>Amanda H. Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East. Oxford University Press, 2022. 269. {{ISBN|9780190059040}}.</ref><ref name="Fitzgerald2002" />

==Reign==

Rim-Sin’s reign of Larsa started sometime around 1823 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. Around 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) around 1807 BC, Zibnatum around 1805 BC, Bit-Susin and Uzarbara around 1804 BC, and Kisarra around 1802 BC. He also destroyed Der in that year. Around 1801 BC he sacked Uruk, sparing its inhabitants. Around 1797 BC, he invaded the territory of Isin, finally seizing the capital around 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.<ref name = "Van de Mieroop">{{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 31–39]|url=https://archive.org/details/kinghammurabiofb00marc/page/31}}</ref><ref>[https://cdli-gh.github.io/year-names/HTML/T10K10.htm Year names of Rim-Sin I - CDLI]</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=A List of Year Names of Rim-Sin of Larsa |pages=11–12 |url=https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/12833/1/CUSAS-17-11.pdf}}</ref>

Around 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.<ref name = "Van de Mieroop" />

===Siege of Larsa=== Around 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.

==Death== Rim-Sin escaped the city of Larsa after its fall but was soon found and taken prisoner and died thereafter.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==See also== {{Commons category|Rim-Sin I}} *Chronology of the ancient Near East *List of Mesopotamian dynasties

<gallery widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="4"> File:Rim-Sin foundation tablet, 1822-1763 BC - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07170.JPG|Rim-Sin foundation tablet, 1822–1763 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, 1822–1763 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: {{cuneiform|𒀭𒊑𒅎𒀭𒂗𒍪}} Rim-Sin {{cuneiform|𒈗}} King of {{cuneiform|𒌓𒀕}} Larsa}} 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 </gallery>

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://cdli.ucla.edu/tools/yearnames/HTML/T10K10.htm Rim-Sin I Year Names at CDLI]

Category:Amorite kings Category:19th-century BC Sumerian kings Category:18th-century BC Sumerian kings Category:19th-century BC births Category:Year of birth unknown Category:18th-century BC deaths Category:Kings of Larsa Category:Monarchs taken prisoner in wartime Category:People who died in prison custody