Humban-Numena Explained
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. He married a daughter of the Kassite king Kurigalzu,[1] [2] who bore him Untash-Napirisha, who was thus a grandson of Kurigalzu.[3] 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.[4] [5]
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- Book: Potts . D.T. . A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East . 2012 . Wiley . 9781444360776. 752. 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.
- Book: Álvarez-Mon . Javier . The Art of Elam CA. 4200–525 BC . 2020 . . 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.
- Book: Podany . Amanda H. . Weavers, Scribes, and Kings A New History of the Ancient Near East . 2022 . . 9780190059040 . 383 . That king, Untash- Napirisha, was Burna-Buriash's first cousin: both were grandsons of a Babylonian king named Kurigalzu.
- Book: Basello . Gian Pietro . Álvarez-Mon . Javier . Wicks . Yasmina . The Elamite World . 2018 . . 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..
- Enrique Quintana. Filiacion y acceso al trono en Elam. Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale Vol. 104, (2010), pp. 54-56
