King Teumman wounded at the Battle of Ulai. British Museum.
Reign
c. 664 - 653 BCE
Predecessor
Urtak
Successor
Ummanigash (son of Urtak) Tammaritu (son of Urtak)
Dynasty
Humban-Tahrid dynasty ("Neo-Elamite")
Teumman was a king of the ancient kingdom of Elam, ruling it from 664 to 653 BCE,[1] contemporary with the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (668 - c. 627). In various sources, the name may be found spelled as Te’umman,[1]Teumann, or Te-Umman. For a time, "many scholars, beginning with G.G. Cameron," believed him to have been the Tepti-Huban-Inshushinak mentioned in inscriptions, although this view has since fallen from favor.[1]
Teumman succeeded Urtak.[2] The relationship between Urtak and Teumman is a matter of disagreement. On the one hand, D. T. Potts (2015) refers to Teumann as "apparently unrelated to either Urtak or Hubanhaltash II."[1] Likewise, Boederman's Cambridge Ancient History refers to the accession of Teumman as a "dynastic upset."[2] On the other hand, M. Rahim Shayegan claims that "Te'umman seems to have been the brother of two of his royal predecessors (Huban-Haltaš II and Urtak)."[3] In any event, upon the accession of Teumman, Urtak's sons escaped to Assyria, after which Urtak unsuccessfully demanded that Assyria return Urtak's sons to his custody.[2]
Battle of Ulai (653 BCE)[]
Main article: Battle of Ulai
Ashurbanipal launched a devastating attack on Elam in 653.[4] A text, written in 649, among the annals of Ashurbanipal, records Ashurbanipal's justifications for the war and its conclusion. Ashurbanipal's reasons for the war included "Teumman's insolent messages, his boasting, his evil plots, a lunar eclipse that foretold Teumman's downfall, a seizure inflicted on Teumman by the gods as a warning, and Teumman's declaration of war on Asshurbanipal."[5] The text records that Ashurbanipal had Teumman beheaded, and that Teumman was replaced as king by Ummanigash.[5]
Teumman wounded and led by his son Tammaritu, trying to escape from the battlefield at Ulai.[6]
Last arrow of King Teuman and his son Tammaritu.[7][6]
Assyrian warrior holding the head of Elamite King Teumman.[6]
Assyrian soldiers rushing the head of Teumman to Nineveh.[6]
Aftermath[]
Ashurbanipal and his queen Libbali-sharrat depicted dining in Nineveh. The severed head of Elamite King Teumman is hanging in a tree to the left, and his hand holding a royal wand is fixed in the tree to the right. British Museum.[8]
^ abcdeWatanabe, Chikako E. (2004). "The "Continuous Style" in the Narrative Scheme of Assurbanipal's Reliefs". Iraq. 66: 112. doi:10.2307/4200565. ISSN0021-0889. JSTOR4200565.
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