Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC)
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Assurbanipal.
Examples
-
Assurbanipal, which is now in the British Museum (Fig. 86).
A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 Georges Perrot 1873
-
This Epic of Gilgamesh was discovered in 1853 during excavations in the ruins of Nineveh, together with over twenty thousand other clay tablets from the library of King Assurbanipal 668–626 BC.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
-
This Epic of Gilgamesh was discovered in 1853 during excavations in the ruins of Nineveh, together with over twenty thousand other clay tablets from the library of King Assurbanipal 668–626 BC.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
-
This Epic of Gilgamesh was discovered in 1853 during excavations in the ruins of Nineveh, together with over twenty thousand other clay tablets from the library of King Assurbanipal 668–626 BC.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
-
This Epic of Gilgamesh was discovered in 1853 during excavations in the ruins of Nineveh, together with over twenty thousand other clay tablets from the library of King Assurbanipal 668–626 BC.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
-
One evening in the winter of 1970-71, I was sitting in my dorm room in Beirut trying to explain these ideas to an Iranian theology student, Assurbanipal Babilla.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
-
One evening in the winter of 1970-71, I was sitting in my dorm room in Beirut trying to explain these ideas to an Iranian theology student, Assurbanipal Babilla.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
-
It was only in the year 645 BCE that king Assurbanipal, taking advantage of the weakness of the Elamite kingdom, set out to right that ancient wrong.
Archive 2008-01-01 Jan 2008
-
After the capture of Thebes by Assurbanipal, the Assyrian king, the famous
Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan
-
From the fact that Hazael, one of them, is once called King of Cedar in cylinder B of Assurbanipal, the conclusion has been drawn that these kings were
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.