Hamanu was a city of

Elam Elam (; Linear Elamite: ''hatamti''; Cuneiform Elamite: ; Sumerian: ; Akkadian: ; he, עֵילָם ''ʿēlām''; peo, 𐎢𐎺𐎩 ''hūja'') was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretc ...

, which was razed by

Ashurbanipal Ashurbanipal (Neo-Assyrian language, Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , meaning "Ashur (god), Ashur is the creator of the heir") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BCE to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king o ...

during his

Assyrian conquest of Elam The Assyrian conquest of Elam refers to the conquest of Elam in western Persia by the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911 BC-609 BC). The Elamite lands were finally ravaged beyond repair in 639 BC. Background Clashes between the Elamites and the Assyri ...

conquest of Elam in 645-635 BCE. Ashurbanipal wrote in his inscriptions: File:2018 Ashurbanipal - Siege of Hamanu.jpg, upright=1.5, The siege of the city of Hamanu in Elam, 645-635 BCE. Inscription: "The city of Hamanu, a royal city of the land of Elam, I besieged, I conquered, its booty I carried off."

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

. File:Exhibition I am Ashurbanipal king of the world, king of Assyria, British Museum (32102517928).jpg, Relief of the conquest of Hamanu File:Destruction of the Elamite city of Hamanu 645-635 BCE.jpg, Detail of the dismantlement of the city

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