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Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal was an Assyrian king of the seventh century BCE, reigning about 668–631 BCE

Ashurbanipal stabs a lion in a relief from the North Palace at Nineveh, around 645–635 BCE, now in the British Museum. Attendants accompany the king in this royal hunting scene. Photograph taken on 9 March 2020
Ashurbanipal stabs a lion in a relief from the North Palace at Nineveh, around 645–635 BCE, now in the British Museum. Attendants accompany the king in this royal hunting scene. Photograph taken on 9 March 2020Zunkir / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SALicense · Image source

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Ashurbanipal was an Assyrian king of the seventh century BCE, reigning about 668–631 BCE. [1]

His name is associated with a large tablet collection at NinevehNineveh and KuyunjikNineveh is an ancient Assyrian city near Mosul in northern Iraq; Kuyunjik is one of its archaeological moundsGlossary · Click to read the explanation in northern IraqIraqIraq is a modern country encompassing much of ancient MesopotamiaGlossary · Click to read the explanation. Its copies help trace ancient literature; the king’s dates differ from each text’s composition and copying dates.

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  1. British Museum, identity and context: Ashurbanipal. Description and source metadata Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 13 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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