LC control no. | n 50032567 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, active 668 B.C.-627 B.C. |
Variant(s) | Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, fl. 668-627 B.C. Aššur-Nacir-Aplia, King of Assyria, active 668 B.C.-627 B.C. Asurbanipal, King of Assyria, active 668 B.C.-627 B.C. Assurbanipal, King of Assyria, active 668 B.C.-627 B.C. Sardanapal, King of Assyria, active 668 B.C.-627 B.C. |
Beginning date | -0667 |
Ending date | -0626 |
Associated country | Assyria |
Death date | -0630 |
Affiliation | Assyria. Army |
Profession or occupation | Kings and rulers |
Found in | Asurbanipal. Ency. Brit. 15th ed. (Ashurbanipal; reigned 668-627 B.C.) Zapisi najuzvišenijeg i najveličanstvenijeg Aššur-Nacir-Aplia moćnog kralja ... 2004: t.p. (Aššur-Nacir-Aplia) p. 88 (king of Assyria) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 25, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ashurbanipal; king of Assyria (668-628 BCE); Assyrian forces engaged Tarharqa's army at Kar-baniti (Saïs) and moved to take Memphis; when the Nubian advanced and reached Nineveh, he ordered another invasion; Assyrian army captured Thebes (663 BCE); Assyrian interest in Egypt ended with the defeat of the Kushites; later, Elamite kings, together with Arabian forces, allied with his brother, the ruler of Babylon, in a major revolt against Assyria (652- 648 BCE); soon after he devastated the Elamite capital Susa; died 630 BCE) The correspondence of Assubanipal, 2018: title page (Assurbanipal) |