Urtak

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Urtak ( Elamite probably Urtagu ) was an Elamite king who lived from about 675 to 664 BC. . BC ruled. He was the brother of his predecessor Humban-Haltaš II. Urtak and his reign are only known from Babylonian and Assyrian chronicles.

At the beginning of his reign there was a treaty between the Assyrians under Aššur-ahhe-iddina and the Elamites, in the course of which the Elamites returned some cult images that they had captured in earlier campaigns. In the following years there was a famine in Elam, whereupon the Assyrian king Aššur-bani-apli delivered grain to Elam. Refugees from Elam were allowed to settle in Assyria until there should be better harvests there. Despite these good relationships, Urtak attacked in 664 BC. BC Babylonia, but was defeated by the army Aššur-bani-aplis, whereupon Urtak died in the same year.

predecessor Office successor
Humban Haltaš II. King of Elam
Late Elam
Tempti-Huban-Inšušinak

literature

  • DT Potts: The Archeology of Elam , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999 ISBN 0-5215-6358-5 , pp. 275-276.