Significant653 BCE

Battle of Ulai

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Ulai (Karkheh) River, near Susa, Elam (southwestern Iran)

Estimated casualties

0single estimate · no range published

Ancient figures unreliable / no reliable estimate. Known chiefly from Ashurbanipal's palace reliefs (Battle of Til-Tuba) rather than casualty counts.

SOURCEunrecorded

Also called the Battle of Til-Tuba, this engagement on the banks of the Ulai (Karkheh) River saw Ashurbanipal's Assyrians decisively defeat the Elamite king Teumman, who was killed and decapitated. It is famous for the detailed narrative reliefs from Ashurbanipal's palace at Nineveh.

Belligerents2

Neo-Assyrian Empire
Elam

ON THE MAPNeo-Assyrian Empire

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of Ulai
Smarthistory / Khan Academy (British Museum reliefs)
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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