My Lord’s army fares well.
When my lord’s troops reached Hammurabi he was very happy.
As he had just conquered Mashkan-Shapir, the entire country of Yamutbal cried out to Hammurabi:
“Long Live our Lord!’
The army of Yamutbal has made peace with that of Hammurabi. Hammurabi took the head of his armies and laid siege to Larsa. In the last month of the year he started the siege.
Mari Text 26 383, in Marc Van De Miercoop, ibid., p. 35
After the reinforcements arrived, the Babylonian troops could enter Lara and take over the walls. This morning the men entered. But Rim-Sin escaped alive.
Mari Text 27 156, in Marc Van De Miercoop, ibid., p. 35
Zimri-Addu also wrote a report, 27 156, on the fall of the city, but the text is badly broken. All that remains is the information that in the last phase of the siege the citizens had run out of grain and that the Babylonians entered the city in the morning and brought King Rim-Sin out alive.