17/02/2024 By Kane Khanh
The ancient Assyrians often treated their enemies cruelly, and they proudly depicted their treatment on reliefs.These two reliefs date to the reign of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (c. 669–631 BC). The first one depicts the death of the Elamite king, Teumman (also Teumann), and his son, Tammaritu, during the battle of Til-Tuba (River Ulai) in c. 653 BC. Teumman had been waging war against Ashurbanipal, but during the battle, which Ashurbanipal decisively won, Teumman met his end.