Tammaritu
Tammaritu may refer to: * Tammaritu (son of Teumman) (died 653 BCE), King of Elam from 664 to 653 BCE * Tammaritu I, ruler of Elam from 653 to 652 BCE * Tammaritu II, ruler of Elam from 652 until 650 or 649 BCE {{disambiguation, hn ...
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Tammaritu I
Tammaritu I, son of Urtak (king of Elam), Urtak, was briefly (from 653-652 BCE) a ruler in the ancient kingdom of Elam, ruling after the beheading of his predecessor Teumman in 653. He ruled part of Elam while his brother, Ummanigash (son of Urtak), ruled another. Urtak (king of Elam), Urtak, the father of Ummanigash and Tammaritu, had ruled Elam from 675 to 664, at which point he died and was succeeded by Teumman. When Teumman rose to power, Urtak's sons Ummanigash, Ummanappa, and Tammaritu escaped to Assyria in fear of Teumman,D. T. Potts. (1999). ''The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State.'' pp.277-8. and lived under Assyrian protection at Nineveh. Based on his position in an Assyrian lists, Tammaritu was likely a younger son of Urtak.D. T. Potts. (1999). ''The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State.'' p. 280. The Assyrian Ashurbanipal, at the Battle of Ulai, killed Teumman, opening the way for the r ...
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