Ashurbanipal
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Ashurbanipal (685 BC – 627 BC), the son of Esarhaddon, was the last great king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. He established (started) the first organized library in the ancient Middle East, the Library of Ashurbanipal, which survives in part today at Nineveh.
In the Bible he is called Asenappar.[1] Roman historian Justinus identified him as Sardanapalus, and describes him as effeminate.[2]
Ashurbanipal Media
- Sam'al stele of Esarhaddon, 671 BCE, Pergamon Museum.jpg
The victory stele of Esarhaddon, Ashurbanipal's father. The front side depicts Esarhaddon and the sides depict the two crown princes Ashurbanipal (on the side shown here) and Shamash-shum-ukin (on the opposite side), Pergamon Museum.[3]
- Zakutu Treaty.jpg
A copy of the Zakutu Treaty, drawn up by Ashurbanipal's grandmother Naqi'a in 669 BC, imploring the populace of Assyria to swear loyalty to Ashurbanipal.
- Ashurbanipal II's army attacking Memphis, Egypt, 645-635 BCE, from Nineveh, Iraq. British Museum.jpg
Relief depicting Ashurbanipal's army attacking an Egyptian fortified city, possibly Memphis, during the Assyrian conquest of Egypt.
- Rassam Prism of Ashurbanipal, 10-sided prism, Nineveh, 643 BCE.jpg
The Rassam cylinder of Ashurbanipal, the most complete chronicle of his reign, includes a description of the campaign of Egypt. Nineveh, 643 BCE. British Museum.
- Battle of Ulai (composite).jpg
Set of reliefs depicting the 653 BCE Battle of Ulai, between the Assyrians and the Elamite king Teumman.
- Exhibition I am Ashurbanipal king of the world, king of Assyria, British Museum (44156996760).jpg
Relief depicting tongue removal and live flaying of Elamite chiefs after the Battle of Ulai.
- Detail of a stone monument of Shamash-shum-ukin as a basket-bearer. 668-655 BCE. From the temple of Nabu at Borsippa, Iraq and is currently housed in the British Museum.jpg
Stone monument depicting Shamash-shum-ukin as a basket-bearer.
- Confirmation of land grant by Shamash-shum-ukim - BM 77611-2.jpg
Confirmation of a land grant by Shamash-shum-ukin.
References
- ↑ See Ezra Ch4, verse 10.
- ↑ Marcus Junianus Justinus. "Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus". Archived from the original on 5 October 2023.
His successors too, following his example, gave answers to their people through their ministers. The Assyrians, who were afterwards called Syrians, held their empire thirteen hundred years. The last king that reigned over them was Sardanapalus, a man more effeminate than a woman.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Brereton 2018, p. 15.