Ashurbanipal Monarch

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian: Aššur-bāni-apli; Aramaic: "ܐܵܫܘܿܪ ܒܵܢܝܼ ܐܵܦܠܝܼ"‎; 'Ashur is the creator of an heir'; 668 BC – c. 627 BC), also spelled Assurbanipal or Ashshurbanipal, was an Assyrian king, the son of Esarhaddon and the last strong king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (934–609 BC). He is famed for amassing a significant collection of cuneiform documents for his royal palace at Nineveh. This collection, known as the Library of Ashurbanipal, is now housed at the British Museum.In the Bible he is called Asenappar (Ezra 4:10). Roman historian Justinus identified him as Sardanapalus.

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Ashurbanipal
Birth dateJanuary 01, -0685
Date of deathJanuary 01, -0627
Parents
Esarhaddon
TitleKing of Assyria

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Monarch

From0668
predecessor
Esarhaddon
successor
Ashur-etil-ilani

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External resources

  1. http://books.google.ca/books?hl=en&id=Vn8PAAAAYAAJ&dq=History+of+Assurbanipal,+Translated+from+the+Cuneiform+Inscriptions&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=Xt3aNwr_K_&sig=XJCn2ET8jB0v6_UHldA0dHt5abA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
  2. http://lexicorient.com/e.o/ashurbanipal.htm
  3. http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/as5.pdf
  4. http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/assyrian-art.html
  5. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-51-0973-6
  6. http://web.archive.org/web/20040901084246/http:/www.bol.ucla.edu/~szuchman/Sources.htm
  7. http://web.utk.edu/~giles
  8. http://www.gendercentre.org.au/resources/polare-archive/archived-articles/geldings-for-the-gods.htm