Assurbanipal

[ ah-soor-bah-nee-pahl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Assurbanipal

/ ˌæsʊəˈbɑːnɪˌpæl /

Assurbanipal tells us that his brother seduced into rebellion "the princes of Miluhhi whom he subjugated."

In the case of Susiana we know that it was so through an inscription of Assurbanipal.

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

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

In a bas-relief from the palace of Assurbanipal we find the round-headed doorway illustrated in Fig. 136.

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