Ellipse is an ancient Eastern kingdom located on the western slopes of Zagros (modern Iran ), between Babylonia in the west, Media in the northeast, Manna in the north and Elam in the south. The inhabitants of Ellipse were close relatives of the Elamites .
The period of the main development of Ellipse occurred in the 9th-7th centuries BC. e., which is reflected in archaeological research. The country's prosperity provided control over trade routes . They were also cattle traders.
During the VIII-VII centuries BC, Ellipse was ruled by an Iranian dynasty. One of the kings of Ellipse - Dal (ta) ta, or Tal (b) ta - paid tribute to the Assyrian emperor Sargon II from 714 BC. e. The following year, Sargon entered Ellipse to establish his ally on the throne, because the Assyrian orientation of the latter aroused the indignation of his subjects, including the nobility. When Dalta died, his sons Ishparaba (Asparaba), the favorite of the Assyrians and Sargon II, and his half brother Nibe, who was supported by the Elamite king Jutruk-Nahhunte II , unleashed a civil war. As a result, Ishparaba defeated her, relying on Assyrian help - Sargon II, having sent troops of seven regional leaders there, defeated Nibe, who was locked with 4,500 Elam archers in the Marubishtu fortress.
Subsequently, the kingdom of Ellipse was implicated in the uprising of Marduk-apl-Iddin II , for which he cruelly paid in 702 BC. e., when the Assyrian king Sinnacherib captured the capital Marubishti. In the VII century BC e. Ellipse, having turned up the Cimmerian invasions, disappears from the sources.