DIRGHABAHU
/ SHUTRUK-NAKHUNTE
![](396px-Babylonian_stele_Louvre_Sb9.jpg)
Babylonian
stele usurped by an unknown Elamite king. The stele, probable Babylonian
work of the 12th century, was recut to allow for a new standing
figure, probably added in Susa in the 8th century BC, or slightly
earlier. The seated figure of a god remained, and is therefore Babylonian
of the 12th century BC. Louvre Museum.
Šutruk-Nakhunte
was king of Elam from about 1184 to 1155 BC (middle chronology),
and the second king of the Shutrukid Dynasty.
Elam
amassed an empire that included most of Mesopotamia and western
Iran. Under his command, Elam defeated the Kassites and established
the short-lived Elamite Empire, conquered within about 40 years
by Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon, in 1120 BC.
Šutruk-Nakhunte
was married to the daughter of a Kassite king named Meli-Šipak.
Inscription
on the Naram-Sin victory stele :
![](222px-Naram-Sin_stele_inscription_in_Elamite.jpg)
Inscription
of Shutruk-Nahhunte in Elamite on the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Shutruk-Nahhunte is known by an inscription to have taken the Victory
Stele of Naram-Sin, dated about one millennium earlier to circa
2250 BC. His inscription appears on the top right corner of the
stele, on the depiction of a mountainous cone, and was written in
Elamite by Shutruk-Nahhunte himself :
"I
am Shutruk-Nahhunte, son of Hallutush-Inshushinak, beloved servant
of the god Inshushinak, king of Anshan and Susa, who has enlarged
the kingdom, who takes care of the lands of Elam, the lord of the
land of Elam. When the god Inshushinak gave me the order, I defeated
Sippar. I took the stele of Naram-Sin and carried it off, bringing
it to the land of Elam. For Inshushinak, my god, I set it as an
offering."
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Elamite inscription of Shutruk-Nahhunte on the victory stele of
Naram-Sin.
In popular culture :
Shutruk-Nakhunte gained a small public exposition in Ethan Canin's
short story "The Palace Thief", and its adaptation in
the 2002 film The Emperor's Club, in which one of the key elements
is a plaque describing the exploits of Shutruk-Nakhunte, described
as a once famous egomaniacal conqueror virtually unknown today.
The
quote from the film is, "'I am Shutruk Nahunte, King of Anšhan
and Susa, Sovereign of the land of Elam. I destroyed Sippar, Took
the Stele of Niran-Sin, and brought it back to Elam, where I erected
it as an offering to my god.' - Šutruk-Nahunte, 1158 B.C."
The
plaque hanging on the wall of the film reads...
'I
am Shutruk Nahunte, King of Anšhan and Susa, Sovereign of the
land of Elam. By the command of Inshushinak I destroyed Sippar,
Took the Stele of Niran-Sin, and brought it back to Elam, where
I erected it as an offering to my god, Inshushhinak.' - Šutruk-Nahunte,
1158 B.C.’
Source
:
https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Shutruk-Nakhunte