Tammaritu I, son of
Urtak, was briefly (from 653-652 BCE)
a ruler in the ancient kingdom of Elam, ruling after the beheading of his predecessor
Teumman
Teumman was a king of the ancient kingdom of Elam, ruling it from 664 to 653 BCE, contemporary with the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (668 – c. 627). In various sources, the name may be found spelled as Te’umman, Teumann, or Te-Umman. For a time, ...
in 653. He ruled part of Elam while his brother,
Ummanigash (son of Urtak)
Ummanigash was briefly (ruled 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, Tammaritu, ruled another. He is also referred to as Humban-ni ...
, ruled another.
, the father of Ummanigash and Tammaritu, had ruled Elam from 675 to 664, at which point he died and was succeeded by
Teumman
Teumman was a king of the ancient kingdom of Elam, ruling it from 664 to 653 BCE, contemporary with the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (668 – c. 627). In various sources, the name may be found spelled as Te’umman, Teumann, or Te-Umman. For a time, ...
. 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
The Battle of the Ulai River (called in modern times the Kerkha or Karkheh River), also known as the Battle of Til-Tuba or the Battle of Tulliz, in c. 653 BCE, was a battle between the invading Assyrians, under their king Ashurbanipal, and the k ...
, killed Teumman, opening the way for the rule of Tammaritu and Ummanigash.
After the death of Teumman, the Assyrian king placed Ummanigash as "king" over the Elamite city of Madaktu, and his brother Tammaritu as "king" of Hidalu.
Meanwhile, Ashurbanipal faced an attempt by his brother,
Shamash-shum-ukin
Shamash-shum-ukin ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: or , meaning "Shamash has established the name"), was king of Babylon as a vassal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 668 BC to his death in 648. Born into the Assyrian royal family, Shamash-shum-ukin was ...
, king of Babylon, to take over the Assyrian Empire.
Ummanigash joined this rebellion, sending soldiers to the aid of Shamash-shum-ukin in 652.
The Elamite forces were defeated, and shortly thereafter an individual by the name of Tammaritu (not the brother of Teumman) came to power in Elam,
likely as a result of the Elamite defeat.
This successor of Ummanigash is known to modern history as
Tammaritu II.
Battle of Ulai
The Battle of the Ulai River (called in modern times the Kerkha or Karkheh River), also known as the Battle of Til-Tuba or the Battle of Tulliz, in c. 653 BCE, was a battle between the invading Assyrians, under their king Ashurbanipal, and the k ...
, 653 BCE.
See also
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List of rulers of Elam
The kings of Elam were the rulers of Elam, an ancient civilization in modern-day south-western Iran. The earliest known Elamite dynasty was the Awan dynasty, which came to power in the Early Dynastic period. Elam was conquered by the Akkadian E ...
References
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Elamite people
7th-century BC deaths
7th-century BC rulers
Military history of the ancient Near East
Elamite kings
Kings of the Neo-Elamite Period
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