The Library of King Assur-bani-pal at Nineveh by Fernand L. Quesne Ashurbanipal, also spelled Assurbanipal, Asshurbanipal and Asurbanipal (meaning "Ashur has given a son-heir") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Esarhaddon in 668 BC to his own death in 631 BC. The fourth king of the Sargonid dynasty, Ashurbanipal is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. From the book ' Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria ' by Lewis Spence, Published London : Harrap 1916

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