Šutruk-Nahhunte III.

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Šutruk-Nahhunte III. (also Schutruk-Nahhunte, Sutruk-Nahhunte ) was an Elamite king who lived from about 717 to 699 BC. Ruled.

Schutruk-Nahhunte is known from Babylonian chronicles, Assyrian sources and inscriptions from Susa . The texts from Susa mostly report on construction work on various temples.

Assyrian sources (the Chorsabad annals) tell of disputes with Sargon II , who had set himself the goal of conquering Babylon . To achieve this goal, he attacked in 710 BC. BC initially to its weaker neighbors and allies, including the kingdom of Elam. In the twelfth year of Sargon II's reign there was a campaign. He took the city of Dur-Athara and was able to capture and deport 18,430 of its inhabitants . He then took the cities of Sam'una and Bab-Duri and was able to take numerous prisoners again. In the end he besieged Bit-Imbi , but since the kingdom of Elam was already very weak, he moved to the Euphrates to pursue other goals.

The following year there were further disputes between the two empires. This time it was about Ellipi , whose ruler Dalta had died. After his death there was a power struggle because he obviously had no heir. Elam came with 4,500 archers to support the heir to the throne Nibe. The Assyrians interfered and supported Ishpabara, the other heir to the throne. They claimed in their texts that they could drive out the Elamers.

703 BC In the 4th century BC, Šutruk-Naḫḫunte sent the chief of the Suti Nergal- na " ir , "fearless in battle", together with General Tannanu, the Taslisu officer, ten rab-kisri commanders, 80,000 archers and horsemen Marduk-Baladan to help against Sennacherib , if even without success.

See also

literature

  • DT Potts: The Archeology of Elam , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999 ISBN 0521563585 , 264-68
personal data
SURNAME Šutruk-Nahhunte III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schutruk-Nahhunte III.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Elam
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 7th century BC Chr.