Ashurbanipal

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Neo-Assyrian king human monarch

Ashurbanipal was a powerful 7th-century BCE Neo-Assyrian king best known for his extensive military campaigns and for creating one of the earliest great libraries at Nineveh.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ashurbanipal canonical	29
King Ashurbanipal	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Neo-Assyrian king ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ
associatedWith	Neo-Assyrian expansion ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian imperial expansion late peak of Assyrian power ⓘ
birthDate	circa 685 BCE ⓘ
campaignAgainst	Arab tribes ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Egypt ⓘ Elam ⓘ
capital	Nineveh ⓘ
country	Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
created	Library of Ashurbanipal ⓘ
deathDate	circa 627 BCE ⓘ
dynasty	Sargonid dynasty ⓘ
education	trained in reading and writing cuneiform ⓘ trained in scholarship and divination ⓘ
father	Esarhaddon ⓘ
givenName	Ashurbanipal self-link ⓘ
historicalPeriod	7th century BCE ⓘ
knownFor	creation of the Library of Ashurbanipal ⓘ extensive military campaigns ⓘ large-scale building projects at Nineveh ⓘ patronage of scholarship ⓘ patronage of the arts ⓘ
languageOfTexts	Akkadian ⓘ Sumerian language ⓘ surface form: Sumerian
legacy	important source for modern knowledge of Mesopotamian literature and science ⓘ one of the earliest known royal libraries in history ⓘ
libraryContains	astronomical texts ⓘ cuneiform tablets ⓘ literary texts including the Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ medical texts ⓘ omen texts ⓘ
libraryLocation	Nineveh ⓘ
meaningOfName	Ashur is the creator of an heir ⓘ
mother	Esharra-hammat ⓘ
nameInAkkadian	Aššur-bāni-apli ⓘ
notableBattle	destruction of Susa ⓘ
notableEvent	suppression of Babylonian revolt led by Shamash-shum-ukin ⓘ
patronDeity	Ashur ⓘ Inanna ⓘ surface form: Ishtar
predecessor	Esarhaddon ⓘ
region	Mesopotamia ⓘ
reignEnd	circa 631 BCE ⓘ
reignStart	669 BCE ⓘ
religion	Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
residence	Nineveh ⓘ
sibling	Shamash-shum-ukin ⓘ
successor	Ashur-etil-ilani ⓘ Sin-shar-ishkun ⓘ
title	King of Assyria ⓘ King of the Four Quarters ⓘ King of the Universe ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assyria → notableRuler → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Nineveh → wasCapitalUnder → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Nineveh → associatedWithRuler → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Assyrian lion hunt reliefs → associatedWith → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Assyrian lion hunt reliefs → patron → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Ashurbanipal

Kuyunjik → associatedWith → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

North Palace of Ashurbanipal → associatedWith → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

North Palace of Ashurbanipal → namedAfter → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

North Palace of Ashurbanipal → builtFor → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Esarhaddon → child → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Esarhaddon → successor → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Esarhaddon → relative → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Ashurbanipal → givenName → Ashurbanipal self-link ⓘ

Library of Ashurbanipal → foundedBy → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Library of Ashurbanipal → namedAfter → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Library of Ashurbanipal → associatedRuler → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Tantamani → opponent → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

King of Assyria → notableOfficeHolder → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Sargonid dynasty → notableRuler → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Eighth Dynasty of Assyria → hasMonarch → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Gyges → contemporaryOf → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Gyges → sentEnvoysTo → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Taharqa → conflictWith → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Ashur-uballit II → possiblyRelatedTo → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Kandalanu → vassalOf → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Kandalanu → associatedWith → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Cyrus I → contemporaryWith → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Assyrian conquest of Egypt → commander → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

Assyrian conquest of Egypt → significantPerson → Ashurbanipal ⓘ

King of Babylon → positionHeldBy → Ashurbanipal ⓘ