Humban numena

Humban-numena (also Menanu ; the name is only recorded in Assyrian and Babylonian inscriptions, in the latter as Umman-menanu , from which Humban-numena can be deduced) was an Elamite king who lived from 692 to 689 BC. Ruled.

The ruler's reign fell during a period of constant conflict between Assyria , Babylon and Elam. Right at the beginning of his rule, the ruler is said to have gathered numerous allies against Assyria, including the Ellipi , who in turn fought against the Assyrians here for the first time. It came in 691 BC. To a battle in the plain of Halule . This otherwise little known place was probably somewhere on the Tigris . There are different versions of the outcome of the battle. Babylonian chronicles tell of a victory over the Assyrians. Assyrian sources again report the victory of the Assyrian king Sennacherib . Since the Assyrians attacked Babylon shortly afterwards, it seems more likely that the Assyrians emerged victorious from the battle. In January of the year 689, Humban-numena is said to have suffered a stroke and was subsequently unable to speak. He died in December of the same year (on the 7th of Adar).

predecessor	Office	successor
Kutir-Nahhunte IV.	King of Elam Late Elam	Humban-Haltaš I.

literature

• DT Potts: The Archeology of Elam , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999 ISBN 0521563585 , 272-74