Ashurbanipal

685 BC – 631 BC

⏳ Mesopotamia

Ashurbanipal(Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀸𒋩𒆕𒀀, romanized: Aššur-bāni-apli, meaning "Ashur is the creator of the heir") — or Osnappar (Imperial Aramaic: אָסְנַפַּר֙, romanized: ’Ā-sə-nap-par) — was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BC to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. Ashurbanipal inherited the throne as the favored heir of his father Esarhaddon; his 38-year reign was among the longest of any Assyrian king. Though sometimes regarded as the apogee of ancient Assyria, his reign also marked the last time Assyrian armies waged war throughout the ancient Near East and the beginning of the end of Assyrian dominion over the region.

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Ashurbanipal

Reign 669–631 BC[1][2][3]
Predecessor Esarhaddon
Successor Ashur-etil-ilani
Born c. 685 BC[4]
Died 631 BC[5] (aged c. 54)

Ashurbanipal[a] (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀸𒋩𒆕𒀀, romanized: Aššur-bāni-apli,[10][b] meaning "Ashur is the creator of the heir") — or Osnappar (Imperial Aramaic: אָסְנַפַּר֙, romanized: ’Ā-sə-nap-par) — was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BC to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. Ashurbanipal inherited the throne as the favored heir of his father Esarhaddon; his 38-year reign was among the longest of any Assyrian king.[c] Though sometimes regarded as the apogee of ancient Assyria, his reign also marked the last time Assyrian armies waged war throughout the ancient Near East and the beginning of the end of Assyrian dominion over the region.