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Also known as Rim-Sîn I

King of Larsa

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Encyclopedic overview

Rim-Sîn I (Akkadian: 𒀭𒊑𒅎𒀭𒂗𒍪, ri-im-suen; died c. 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. His father, Kudur-Mabuk, grandfather Šimti-šilhak and his daughter Manzi-wartaš had Elamite names.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rim-Sin I” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.