#Ashurbanipal

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I drew the Mesopotamians due to the disturbing lack of fan art of them.

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Ashurbanipal's Collection of Sumerian and Babylonian Proverbs

Ashurbanipal's collection of Sumerian and Babylonian proverbs formed part of the famous Library of Ashurbanipal (7th century BCE) established at Nineveh for the express purpose of preserving the knowledge of the past for future generations. They are thought to have influenced the works included in the biblical Book of Proverbs, among other later wisdom texts.

Tablet of Proverbs

The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Assyrian Royal Lion Hunt: Dying Lion and Lioness

From the reliefs of the palace of Ashurbanipal, the last eminent Assyrian King, at Nineveh.

About 20 years after the death of Ashurbanipal the once so mighty Assyria herself was in her death throes, as the Assyrian heartland and eventually the royal capital of Nineveh were devastated by the armies of the alliance of Babylon with the Medes.

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Knowledge is power and ancient leaders knew it. From the famous Library of Alexandria to the private Villa of the Papyri, their rise and fall have left us eternal lessons of the significance of safeguarding knowledge.

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what was the sumerian word for Library? like if someone were to refer to the library of Ashurbanipal, how would they say that? tysm 😅

Hello! The word for "library" in Sumerian is imgula "library for tablet storage" or "collection or series of tablets". It's written 𒅎𒄘𒇲 in cuneiform.

But Ashurbanipal lived after Sumerian stopped being a regular spoken language, having been supplanted by Akkadian. His library contains texts in both languages (as well as others), but would have been referred to with the Akkadian word for library, which I believe is gerginakku. Unfortunately, my Akkadian isn't good enough that I can figure out the cuneiform for gerginakku, or what "Ashurbanipal's gerginakku" would be - if anyone out there can help, please reblog with it!

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Ashurbanipal's name

Ashurbanipal, the powerful king of New Assyria, known for his famous wars and library.

His name consists of three parts:

First part: The name Ashur is the great god of the city of Assyria.

Second part: the verb "bani" means "creator".

Third part: the name "Apil" means "heir".

His name means "Assyria, the creator of the heir".

His name refers to two things: A) He is the heir of Ashur, the great god of the Assyrian city and empire. b) He received his power and kingdom from Ashur.

Ashur is the great god of the city of Assyria and the national god of the people of the Assyrian Empire.

Her name in Sumerian-Akkadian cuneiform:

𒁹𒀭𒊹𒆕𒀀

𒁹𒀭𒊹 refers to Ashur, the great god of the Assyrians. [ashur]

𒆕 refers to the Sumerian verb "to build", which in Ashurbanipal's name refers to the Akkadian verb "creator". [bani]

𒀀 refers to the word heir. [apil]

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The Mesopotamians by They Might be Giants makes my brain feel happy

Especially this part

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The Epic of Gilgamesh: Mankind’s First Story? - Historic Mysteries

The Epic of Gilgamesh: Mankind’s First Story? – Historic Mysteries

https://www.historicmysteries.com/epic-of-gilgamesh/

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Bibliothèque d'Assurbanipal

La bibliothèque d'Assurbanipal (alias Assourbanipal, VIIe siècle av. J.-C.) est la plus ancienne bibliothèque organisée de manière systématique connue au monde. Elle fut créée à Ninive par le roi néo-assyrien Assurbanipal (r. de 668 à 627 av. J.-C.) pour préserver l'histoire et la culture de la Mésopotamie. Plus de 30 000 textes ont été découverts à Ninive au milieu du XIXe siècle, mais on pense que la collection originale était beaucoup plus importante.

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Library of Ashurbanipal

The Library of Ashurbanipal (7th century BCE) is the oldest known systematically organized library in the world, established in Nineveh by the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (r. 668-627 BCE) to preserve the history and culture of Mesopotamia. Over 30,000 texts were discovered at Nineveh in the mid-19th century, but the original collection is thought to have been much larger.

Contrary to often-repeated claims, the Library of Ashurbanipal was not the first library in the world. Libraries existed in Sumer, attached to scribal houses, temples, and palaces by the Early Dynastic Period (2900-2334 BCE). Akkadians and Babylonians also had libraries and so did earlier Assyrian kings. Scribes in ancient Mesopotamia also kept private libraries aside from those they would have referenced at the palace, school, or temple. The Library of Ashurbanipal is just the oldest one systematically organized to preserve a comprehensive collection of knowledge (not limited to one subject or type of work) and, owing to the importance of the tablets found there, the most significant. Scholar Paul Kriwaczek writes:

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Even the ancient Assyrians knew: If you don't want him to run outside, you have to hold onto the cat when the pizza delivery man comes to the door.

Ashurbanipal Sculpted by Fred Parhad Commissioned by the Assyrian Foundation for the Arts Presented as a gift from the Assyrian people to the City of San Francisco 1988

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Ashurbanipal of Assyria was once the most powerful man in the ancient world. He was driven by two things, an undying thirst for power and a love for the arts and science.

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Ashurbanipal (Assyria 660-638 BCE)