Humban-Numena (or Kumban-Numena) was a king of Elam from the Igihalkid dynasty (Middle Elamite Period, mid-14th century BCE). He was a son and successor of King Attar-kittah.[a] He married a daughter of the Kassite king Kurigalzu,[2][4] who bore him Untash-Napirisha,[b] who was thus a grandson of Kurigalzu.[7][6] According to another interpretation of the primary source, he married the daughter of his uncle Pahir-ishshan, himself the son of a Kassite princess, and was thus a great-grandson of Kurigalzu.[1][8]
| Humban-Numena | |
|---|---|
| King of Elam | |
| Reign | circa 1370 BC |
| Predecessor | Attar-kittah |
| Successor | Untash-Napirisha |
| Spouse | Daughter (or granddaughter)[1] of Kurigalzu[2] |
| Issue | Untash-Napirisha |
| House | Igihalkid |
| Father | Attar-kittah |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ As attested in his inscriptions from temples in Liyan and in Susa.[3]
- ^ He is mentioned as the father of King Untash-Napirisha in a later inscription of King Shilhak-Inshushinak and in the so-called Berlin letter, a Neo-Babylonian copy of a diplomatic letter sent from Elam to Babylon, where it is also recorded that his mother was the daughter of Kurigalzu[5][6]
References
edit- ^ a b Basello, Gian Pietro; Álvarez-Mon, Javier; Wicks, Yasmina (2018). The Elamite World. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781317329831.
Goldberg (2004) suggested that the passage of the letter "Pahiranu-dU [married] ... of the mighty king Kurigalzu, Humban-immeni [married] his daughter" implies Humban-numena (Humban-immeni) married the daughter of Pahir-ishshan who was born through the marriage to the daughter of Kurigalzu.
- ^ a b Potts, D.T. (2012). A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 9781444360776.
Thus the eldest son of Igihalki, Pahir - ishshan (c.1380–1370 BC ), married the eldest daughter of Kurigalzu I; their grandson Humban - numena married a Kassite princess
- ^ D.T. Potts, The Archaeology of Elam, 1999, p.209
- ^ Álvarez-Mon, Javier (2020). The Art of Elam CA. 4200–525 BC. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000034851.
the eldest son of Igi-halki, Pahir-ishshan (ca. 1380–1370 BC), married the eldest daughter of Kurigalzu I; their grandson Humban-numena married a Kassite princess
- ^ Potts, p.205
- ^ a b Potts (2016). The Archaeology of Elam Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State. Cambridge University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9781107094697.
- ^ Podany, Amanda H. (2022). Weavers, Scribes, and Kings A New History of the Ancient Near East. Oxford University Press. p. 383. ISBN 9780190059040.
That king, Untash- Napirisha, was Burna-Buriash's first cousin: both were grandsons of a Babylonian king named Kurigalzu
- ^ Enrique Quintana. Filiacion y acceso al trono en Elam. Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale Vol. 104, (2010), pp. 54-56
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