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Zimri-Lim's personal life is partly known through tablets preserved in the state archive of Mari. He married Shibtu , a princess of Yamkhad ( Aleppo and surrounding territory), and is known to have had at least eight daughters through various wives.
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.The fresco, which dates back to the 18th century BC, depicts Zimri-Lim, king of Mari, receiving the rod-and-ring symbol (a ring and a staff, symbols of rule) from the goddess Ishtar. [1]
The Investiture of Zimri-lim "The Investiture of Zimri-Lim," dating to the 18th century BCE and discovered during 1935–1936 excavations at Mari by French archaeologist André Parrot, was the only painting found in situ in the palace. The painting is distinguished in part by its wide range of color, including green and blue.
During the reign of Zimri-Lim, among the known members of clergy responsible for the rites of Itūr-Mēr were a šangû (a priest; attested in a letter of Addu-dūrī, the queen mother) and a muḫḫûm (translated as "prophet;" the single known holder of this office bore the name Ea-maṣi). [27]
As Zimri-Lim advanced, a leader of the Sim'alites (Zimri-Lim's tribe) overthrew Yasmah-Adad, [89] opening the road for Zimri-Lim who arrived a few months after Yasmah-Adad's escape, [90] and married princess Shibtu the daughter of Yarim-Lim I a short time after his enthronement in c. 1776 BC. [87]
Known governors of Saggarâtum were Mášum, Itûr-Asdû (under Yasmah-Addu, also governor of Mari), (Ḫ)abduma-Dagan (died in Zimri-Lim year 1, also a governor of Tuttul), followed by Sumḫu-rabi (Zimri-Lim years 1 to 3), and Yaqqim-Addu I. [8] [9] [10] Mášum, an Amorite, is notable for being contemporary to Hammurabi of Babylon in the ...
The relations with Mari seem to have been hostile, also seen in Mardaman's support for Hadnum. The latter changed its alliance from Zimri-Lim to the city of Kurda. Haqba-Hammu, the ruler of Karana and ally of Mari, invaded Hadnum in retaliation, with 2,000 men. Even relief forces from Mardaman could not prevent the capturing of five cities of ...
It is known that king Zimri-Lim at one point has traveled to Ḫišamta to make offerings to Ḫišamītum and other deities commonly worshiped in the proximity of Terqa, possibly in order to secure the support of local inhabitants. [5] A reference to his wife Shibtu traveling there alongside the icon of Ḫišamītum is known too. [15]