Ashurbanipal Palace

Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal (Akkadian: Aššur-bāni-apli; Aramaic: "ܐܵܫܘܿܪ ܒܵܢܝܼ ܐܵܦܠܝܼ"‎; "Ashur is creator of a heir"; 668 BC – c. 627 BC),^[2] also spelled Assurbanipal or Ashshurbanipal, was an Assyrian king, the son of Esarhaddon and the last strong king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (934–609 BC).^[2] He is famed for amassing a significant collection of cuneiform documents for his royal palace at Nineveh.^[3] This collection, known as the Library of Ashurbanipal, is now housed at the British Museum.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashurbanipal
• Page 50 - Hunt, P., 2007, Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History: Penguin, New York, 226p.