Ashurbanipal

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Ashurbanipal was a powerful 7th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king best known for his extensive military campaigns and for creating one of the earliest great libraries at Nineveh.

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Ashurbanipal canonical 52
Assurbanipal 1
Assyrian king Ashurbanipal 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Assyrian king
human
monarch
associatedWith Neo-Assyrian imperial expansion
late peak of Assyrian power
birthDate circa 685 BCE
campaignAgainst Arab tribes
Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Egypt
Elam
capital Nineveh
country Neo-Assyrian Empire
created Library of Ashurbanipal
deathDate circa 627 BCE
dynasty Sargonid dynasty
education trained in reading and writing cuneiform
trained in scholarship and divination
father Esarhaddon
givenName Ashurbanipal
historicalPeriod 7th century BCE
knownFor creation of the Library of Ashurbanipal
extensive military campaigns
large-scale building projects at Nineveh
patronage of scholarship
patronage of the arts
languageOfTexts Akkadian
Sumerian
linked to: Sumerian language
legacy important source for modern knowledge of Mesopotamian literature and science
one of the earliest known royal libraries in history
libraryContains astronomical texts
cuneiform tablets
literary texts including the Epic of Gilgamesh
medical texts
omen texts
libraryLocation Nineveh
meaningOfName Ashur is the creator of an heir
mother Esharra-hammat
nameInAkkadian Aššur-bāni-apli
notableBattle destruction of Susa
notableEvent suppression of Babylonian revolt led by Shamash-shum-ukin
patronDeity Ashur
Ishtar
linked to: Inanna
predecessor Esarhaddon
region Mesopotamia
reignEnd circa 631 BCE
reignStart 669 BCE
religion Mesopotamian polytheism
residence Nineveh
sibling Shamash-shum-ukin
successor Ashur-etil-ilani
Sin-shar-ishkun
title King of Assyria
King of the Four Quarters
King of the Universe

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Assyria notableRuler Ashurbanipal
Nineveh wasCapitalUnder Ashurbanipal
Nineveh associatedWithRuler Ashurbanipal
Assyrian lion hunt reliefs patron King Ashurbanipal
linked to: Ashurbanipal
Kuyunjik associatedWith Ashurbanipal
Esarhaddon child Ashurbanipal
Esarhaddon successor Ashurbanipal
Esarhaddon relative Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal givenName Ashurbanipal
Library of Ashurbanipal foundedBy Ashurbanipal
Library of Ashurbanipal namedAfter Ashurbanipal
Tantamani opponent Ashurbanipal
King of Assyria notableOfficeHolder Ashurbanipal
Sargonid dynasty notableRuler Ashurbanipal
Gyges contemporaryOf Ashurbanipal
Gyges sentEnvoysTo Ashurbanipal
Taharqa conflictWith Ashurbanipal
Ashur-uballit II possiblyRelatedTo Ashurbanipal
Kandalanu vassalOf Ashurbanipal
Kandalanu associatedWith Ashurbanipal
Cyrus I contemporaryWith Ashurbanipal
King of Babylon positionHeldBy Ashurbanipal
Assyrian period hasMajorRuler Ashurbanipal
Necho I supportedBy Assyrian king Ashurbanipal
linked to: Ashurbanipal
North Palace associatedWithRuler Ashurbanipal
Neo-Assyrian Empire hasRuler Ashurbanipal
Gates of Nineveh associatedWith Ashurbanipal
subject linked to: gates of Nineveh
Zakutu activeDuringReignOf Ashurbanipal
Zakutu notableRelative Ashurbanipal
Shamash-shum-ukin sibling Ashurbanipal
Shamash-shum-ukin opponent Ashurbanipal
Shamash-shum-ukin subordinateTo Ashurbanipal
Naqiʾa relative Ashurbanipal
Esharra-hammat motherOf Ashurbanipal
Esharra-hammat notableChild Ashurbanipal
Sin-shar-ishkun father Ashurbanipal
King of Sumer and Akkad usedBy Ashurbanipal
Aššur-bāni-apli alsoKnownAs Ashurbanipal
Aššur-bāni-apli alsoKnownAs Assurbanipal
linked to: Ashurbanipal
Ashur-etil-ilani predecessor Ashurbanipal