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Article: Te[CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]umman in the Neo-Assyrian Correspondence.
- Article from:
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- July 1, 1999
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Analysis of eight Neo-Babylonian letters from the Nineveh corpus offers additional details of the career of the Neo-Elamite king Te[CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]umman (664-653 B.C.) before and during his reign. This material complements what is revealed of his activities in the annals of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal.
The Neo-Elamite king Te[CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]umman is a major focus of Assurbanipal's annals, which portray him as an inveterate enemy of Assyria. But the annals provide sparse information regarding Te[CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]umman beyond his seizure of the throne and his defeat and death during Assurbanipal's ...