Ashurbanipal (Akkadian: Aššur-bāni-apli; Aramaic: “Ashur is the creator of an heir”; ‘Ashur is the creator of an heir’; 668 BC – c. 627 BC) was an ᴀssyrian king,.

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Letters from ᴀssyrian Scholars to the Kings Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal: Commentary and appendices
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The palace decoration of Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian: Aššur-bāni-apli; Syriac: ܐܫܘܪ ܒܢܐ ܐܦܠܐ‎; ‘Ashur is the creator of an heir’), also spelled ᴀssurbanipal or Ashshurbanipal, was King of the Neo-ᴀssyrian Empire from 668 BC to c. 627 BC, the son of Esarhaddon and the last strong ruler of the empire, which is usually dated between 934 and 609 BC. He is famed for amᴀssing a significant collection of cuneiform documents for his royal palace at Nineveh. This collection, known as the Library of Ashurbanipal, now in the British Museum, which also holds the famous Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal set of ᴀssyrian palace reliefs

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