Ashurbanipal

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
Person
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh_tablets
gptkb:Royal_Library_of_Nineveh
gptkbp:birthDate 685 BC
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Nineveh
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Nineveh
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Babylonian_revolt
gptkb:Elamite_wars
gptkbp:deathDate 627 BC
gptkbp:depictedIn reliefs at Nineveh
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Sargonid_dynasty
gptkbp:era gptkb:Neo-Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:father gptkb:Esarhaddon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ashurbanipal
gptkbp:knownFor brutal military campaigns
collecting cuneiform texts
last great king of Assyria
patronage of arts and scholarship
scholarly pursuits
gptkbp:language Akkadian
gptkbp:militaryCampaign against Babylon
against Egypt
against Elam
against Lydia
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Naqi'a
gptkbp:notableAchievement gptkb:Defeat_of_Elam
gptkb:Conquest_of_Egypt
gptkb:Library_of_Ashurbanipal
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:death_of_brother_Shamash-shum-ukin
gptkb:destruction_of_Susa
gptkb:siege_of_Babylon
decline of Assyrian Empire after his reign
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Prism_of_Ashurbanipal
gptkb:Rassam_Cylinder
Sennacherib's Annals (as referenced)
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Ashurbanipal_reliefs
clay tablets from Nineveh
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Esarhaddon
gptkbp:regionRuled gptkb:Assyria
Babylon (as overlord)
Egypt (temporarily)
gptkbp:reignEnd 631 BC
gptkbp:reignStart 669 BC
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Assyrian_religion
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Shamash-shum-ukin
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Libbali-sharrat
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ashur-etil-ilani
gptkbp:title gptkb:King
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King
gptkb:Ancient_Mesopotamia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4