page_title: Hamanu
hierarchical_section_title: Hamanu
caption_attribution_description: English: Relief depicting the destruction of Susa of Elam by Ashurbanipal, 645-640 BC, North Palace, Nineveh, Exhibition- I am Ashurbanipal king of the world, king of Assyria, British Museum
context_page_description: Hamanu was a city of Elam, which was razed by Ashurbanipal during his Assyrian conquest of Elam conquest of Elam in 645-635 BCE. Ashurbanipal wrote in his inscriptions:
  "The city of Hamanu, a royal city of the land of Elam, I besieged, I conquered, its booty I carried off."
  — Siege of Hamanu, British Museum.
context_section_description: Hamanu was a city of Elam, which was razed by Ashurbanipal during his Assyrian conquest of Elam conquest of Elam in 645-635 BCE. Ashurbanipal wrote in his inscriptions:
  "The city of Hamanu, a royal city of the land of Elam, I besieged, I conquered, its booty I carried off."
  — Siege of Hamanu, British Museum.
caption: Ashurbanipal's campaign against Elam is triumphantly recorded in this relief showing the destruction of Hamanu. Here, flames rise from the city as Assyrian soldiers topple it with pickaxes and crowbars and carry off the spoils. 645-635 BCE. British Museum BM 124919.[1]
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