Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal (Akkadian: Aššur-bāni-apli; Syriac: "ܐܫܘܪ ܒܢܐ ܐܦܠܐ"; 'Ashur is the creator of an heir'; 668 BC – c. 627 BC),[1] 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).[1] He is famed for amassing a significant collection of cuneiform documents for his royal palace atNineveh.[2] This collection, known as the Library of Ashurbanipal, is now housed at the British Museum.
In the Hebrew Bible he is called Asenappar (Ezra 4:10).[3] Roman historian Justinus identified him as Sardanapalus, although the fictional Sardanapalus is depicted as the last king of Assyria, and an ineffectual, effete and debauched character, whereas three further kings succeeded Ashurbanipal, who was in fact an educated, efficient, highly capable and ambitious warrior king.
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