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.
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
A curious passage in one of the 'books' from the library of Assurbanipal answers this question, indirectly, indeed, but without any ambiguity.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
In the case of Susiana we know that it was so through an inscription of Assurbanipal.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
It was not till the subjection of Babylonia was complete that the Assyrian king Assurbanipal succeeded in reducing Elam, and in taking and destroying Susa, the ancient metropolis of the country.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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