- a variation of Ashurbanipal.
Assurbanipal
Americannoun
noun
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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.
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Assurbanipal is said to have taken a chieftain of Media captive; and in the inscriptions there is nowhere any mention of Deioces, Phraortes, and the Median kingdom.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
Then Elam had withstood the Assyrians for a long time with very great stubbornness, until at length after brave struggles it succumbed to the arms of Assurbanipal.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max
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
Assurbanipal of Assyria boasts of the favour of Anu and Dagon.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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