Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal | |
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King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire | |
Reign | 669–631 BC[1][2][3] |
Predecessor | Esarhaddon |
Successor | Ashur-etil-ilani |
Born | 685 BC[4][5] |
Died | 631 BC[6] (aged c. 54) |
Spouse | Libbali-sharrat |
Issue | Ashur-etil-ilani Sinsharishkun Ninurta-sharru-usur |
Akkadian | Aššur-bāni-apli Aššur-bāni-habal |
Dynasty | Sargonid dynasty |
Father | Esarhaddon |
Mother | Unknown,[7] of Assyrian origin.[8] |
Ashurbanipal, also spelled Assurbanipal,[9] Asshurbanipal[10] and Asurbanipal[9] (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Akkadian: