Humban-Numena

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.^{[lower-alpha 1]} He married a daughter of the Kassite king Kurigalzu,^[2][4] who bore him Untash-Napirisha,^{[lower-alpha 2]} 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

• Humbaba
• Khumban

Notes

1. As attested in his inscriptions from temples in Liyan and in Susa.^[3]
2. 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

1. 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.
2. 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
3. D.T. Potts, The Archaeology of Elam, 1999, p.209
4. 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
5. Potts, p.205
6. Potts (2016). The Archaeology of Elam Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State. Cambridge University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9781107094697.
7. 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
8. Enrique Quintana. Filiacion y acceso al trono en Elam. Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale Vol. 104, (2010), pp. 54-56