Samsuiluna emerges somewhat like Hammurabi all over again

by Damien F. Mackey “In the 9th year of Samsu-iluna's reign a man calling himself Rim-sin … and thought to perhaps be a nephew of the Rim-sin who opposed Hammurabi … raised a rebellion against Babylonian authority …”. Wikipedia As with the long-reigning Rim Sin, so-called I: Rim Sin of Larsa apparently influenced by Davidic culture (3) Rim Sin of Larsa apparently influenced by Davidic culture | Damien Mackey - Academia.edu depictions of Samsuiluna, supposed son-successor of Hammurabi the Great, are extremely hard – virtually impossible – to find. And that, notwithstanding that Samsuiluna is thought to have reigned for some 38 years: 1749 BC to 1712 BC (middle chronology), or from 1686 to 1648 BC (short chronology) These dates, of course, are hugely inflated, as Hammurabi himself actually belonged to the era of kings David and Solomon of Israel (c. 1000 BC). It often happens with the ancient king-lists that they contain duplications and even triplications, and I think that this may be an explanation for Hammurabi and Samsuiluna, a supposed Babylonian succession: Hammurabi (First major ruler)[28] c. 1792–1750 BC Son of Sin-Mubalit and Contemporary of Zimri-Lim of Mari, Siwe-palar-huppak of Elam and Shamshi-Adad I of Assyria Samsu-iluna c. 1750–1712 BC Son of Hammurabi Abi-eshuh or Abieshu c. 1712–1684 BC Son of Samsu-iluna Ammi-ditana c. 1684–1647 BC Son of Abi-eshuh Ammi-saduqa or Ammisaduqa c. 1647–1626 BC Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa Samsu-Ditana c. 1626–1595 BC Sack of Babylon by the Hittites. Samsuiluna (see depiction above, which is variously attributed to he and to Hammurabi) seems to me to be simply a Hammurabi redivivus. And Hammurabi, in turn, I have tentatively identified with Ur Nammu of the so-called Ur III dynasty: Ur Nammu as Hammurabi? (3) Ur Nammu as Hammurabi? | Damien Mackey - Academia.edu We read some useful things about “Samsu-iluna” in the article of this same name at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsu-iluna Samsu-iluna (Amorite: Shamshu-iluna, "The Sun (is) our god") (c. 1749–1712 BC) was the seventh king of the founding Amorite dynasty of Babylon. …. He was the son and successor of Hammurabi (r. 1792-1750 BC) by an unknown mother. His reign was marked by the violent uprisings of areas conquered by his father and the abandonment of several important cities (primarily in Sumer).[1]: 49–50  Mackey’s comment: When we fail to perceive duplications and alter egos in history we end with historical episodes repeating previous ones. I wrote about it in my university thesis (2007), in the case of an over-inflated neo-Assyrian succession: (Volume One, p. 144): …. Disturbing, too, is the following unprecedented situation at ‘Ashdod’ as viewed by Tadmor from the conventional angle: Ashdod was then organized [by Sargon] as an Assyrian province. Sennacherib however restored it to its former state as a tributary kingdom. .... Mitinti, the king of Ashdod, is mentioned in the Annals of Sennacherib .... There is no doubt, therefore, that at the time of the campaign of Judah (701) Ashdod had an autonomous king and not an Assyrian governor. The reorganization of Ashdod - from a province back to a vassaldom - has no precedent. .... in the time of Esarhaddon Ashdod was again turned into a province. All this topsy turvy supposedly in the space of a few decades! Wikipedia continues: Circumstances of Samsu-iluna's reign …. When Hammurabi rose to power in the city of Babylon, he controlled a small region directly around that city, and was surrounded by vastly more powerful opponents on all sides. Mackey’s comment: This cramped geography for King Hammurabi may no longer apply, if I am correct in my radically revised geography of Babylon: Babel, Babylon, Byblos (3) Babel, Babylon, Byblos | Damien Mackey - Academia.edu Wikipedia continues: By the time he died, he had conquered Sumer, Eshnunna, Assyria and Mari making himself master of Mesopotamia. He had also significantly weakened and humiliated Elam and the Gutians.[1]: 49–50 [2]: 195–201  While defeated, however, these states were not destroyed; if Hammurabi had a plan for welding them to Babylon he did not live long enough to see it through. Within a few years after his death, Elam and Assyria had left from Babylon's orbit and revolutions had started in all the conquered territories. The task of dealing with these troubles—and others—fell to Samsu-iluna. Though he campaigned tirelessly and seems to have won frequently, the king proved unable to stop the empire's unwinding. Through it all, however, he did manage to keep the core of his kingdom intact, and this allowed the city of Babylon to cement its position in history. Mackey’s comment: Note that Samsuiluna managed to keep the basic Hammurabic kingdom intact. That’s because it was, so I believe, the very same kingdom. Wikipedia continues: …. In the 9th year of Samsu-iluna's reign a man calling himself Rim-sin (known in the literature as Rim-sin II, and thought to perhaps be a nephew of the Rim-sin who opposed Hammurabi) ….  raised a rebellion against Babylonian authority in Larsa which spread to include some 26 cities, among them Uruk, Ur, Isin and Kisurra in the south, and Eshnunna …  in the north. Mackey’s comment: Rim Sin I-II was likely just the one king who fought against Hammurabi-Samsuliuna, who I think was just the one king. The geography here is all wrong if I am correct in identifying Eshnunna (var. Ashnunnu) with the above-mentioned Ashdod (Ashduddu): As Ashduddu (Ashdod) is to Lachish, so, likewise, is Eshnunna to Lagash (3) As Ashduddu (Ashdod) is to Lachish, so, likewise, is Eshnunna to Lagash | Damien Mackey - Academia.edu Wikipedia continues: …. In the end, Samsu-iluna was left with a kingdom that was only fractionally larger than the one his father had started out with 50 years prior [sic] (but which did leave him mastery of the Euphrates up to and including the ruins of Mari and its dependencies).[4]: 115 [Note 4] The status of Eshnunna is difficult to determine with any accuracy ….