[4] The coalition was defeated and Sennacherib began a 15-month campaign against Babylonia, sacking palaces and burning temples.

Succeeding him was Ashurbanipal (668-27), who took the throne in Nineveh and Shamash-Shuma-Ukin, who claimed kingship in Babylon and continued to rebuild it.

A few years before, Teumman (or Te'uman, 664-653 BCE), a known enemy of Assyria, had usurped the Elamite throne, forcing the sons of Urtaki to flee to Nineveh, the Assyrian capital.

Teumman began a campaign against Na'id Marduk, Assyria's puppet ruler in the Sealand, around 675 BCE.

Teumman was killed in battle and his head was carried to Nineveh and placed on display in Ashurbanipal's court.