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Assurbanipal

American  
[ah-soor-bah-nee-pahl] / ˌɑ sʊərˈbɑ niˌpɑl /

noun

  1. Ashurbanipal.


Assurbanipal British  
/ ˌæsʊəˈbɑːnɪˌpæl /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Ashurbanipal

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According to the nameless artists whose duty it was to record his glory, Assurbanipal was as fierce as he was fearless.

From Time Magazine Archive

The son of Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and his grandson, Assurbanipal, pushed the adventures and conquests of the Assyrian arms still farther.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir

Neither do we find women in the bas-reliefs: that in which the queen of Assurbanipal occurs is quite unique in its way.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir

Sargon, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal against the chiefs of the Medes, it cannot be denied that these campaigns took place.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max

Moreover, George Smith saw two of these bases in place at one of the entrances to the palace of Assurbanipal.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir

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