Ashurbanipal

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ashurbanipal canonical 52
Assurbanipal 1
Assyrian king Ashurbanipal 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Assyrian king ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
associatedWith Neo-Assyrian imperial expansion ⓘ
late peak of Assyrian power ⓘ
birthDate circa 685 BCE ⓘ
campaignAgainst Arab tribes ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Mesopotamia

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
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 ⓘ
Ishtar ⓘ
linked to: Inanna
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (55)

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 → patron → King Ashurbanipal ⓘ
linked to: Ashurbanipal
Kuyunjik → associatedWith → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Esarhaddon → child → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Esarhaddon → successor → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Esarhaddon → relative → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Ashurbanipal → givenName → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Library of Ashurbanipal → foundedBy → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Library of Ashurbanipal → namedAfter → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Tantamani → opponent → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
King of Assyria → notableOfficeHolder → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Sargonid dynasty → notableRuler → 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 ⓘ
King of Babylon → positionHeldBy → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Assyrian period → hasMajorRuler → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Necho I → supportedBy → Assyrian king Ashurbanipal ⓘ
linked to: Ashurbanipal
North Palace → associatedWithRuler → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire → hasRuler → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Gates of Nineveh → associatedWith → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
subject linked to: gates of Nineveh
Zakutu → activeDuringReignOf → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Zakutu → notableRelative → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Shamash-shum-ukin → sibling → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Shamash-shum-ukin → opponent → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Shamash-shum-ukin → subordinateTo → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Naqiʾa → relative → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Esharra-hammat → motherOf → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Esharra-hammat → notableChild → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Sin-shar-ishkun → father → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
King of Sumer and Akkad → usedBy → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Aššur-bāni-apli → alsoKnownAs → Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Aššur-bāni-apli → alsoKnownAs → Assurbanipal ⓘ
linked to: Ashurbanipal
Ashur-etil-ilani → predecessor → Ashurbanipal ⓘ