Kutir-Nahhunte IV.

Kutir-Nahhunte IV. , Assyrian Kutur-Nahhunte / Kudur-Nahhunte / Kutur-Nahundu , Elamite Kutikaruk / Kutruk / Kutiruk / Kutir- ^D Nahhunte ; The sun god is the shepherd , († July 692 BC ) ruled from October 693 BC. Until July 692 BC BC as the New Elamite king, who is best known from Babylonian and Assyrian cuneiform chronicles .

Kutir-Nahhunte was the son of Hallušu-Inšušinak . His father was chased out of the city by his own people and then killed because he was in a military conflict in the summer of 693 BC. Was subject to the Assyrian king Sennacherib .

Sennacherib saw the internal stability endangered after the change of the throne and therefore moved towards Elam after the murder of Hullušu-Inšušinak. Kutir-Nahhunte evacuated the population of his empire and fled himself from his capital Madaktu to Hidula , which is said to have been in the middle of the mountains. In November 693 BC The beginning snowfalls and frost forced Sennacherib to turn back. Kutir-Nahhunte was born shortly after his return in July 692 BC. According to the Babylonian Chronicle, killed in a renewed uprising.

literature

Dietz-Otto Edzard and a .: Real Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology . Volume 6, de Gruyter, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-11-010051-7 , p. 267
DT Potts: The Archeology of Elam. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999, ISBN 0521563585 , pp. 271-272

predecessor	Office	successor
Hallušu-Inšušinak	King of Elam Late Elam	Humban numena

personal data
SURNAME	Kutir-Nahhunte IV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kudur-Nahhunte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Elamite king
DATE OF BIRTH	8th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	July 692 BC Chr.