While Ashurbanipal may not always have done so well to dead and living men, he did do well for future generations. The photograph of the Ashurbanipal statue on our cover was taken by Linda Maureen Oliver of the University College of the Cariboo. While the work is not exactly representative of what is being done by Linda and her class, we could not resist using it because of the striking nature of the image and its relevance to our theme of knowledge and belief. Figure is wearing 600 BC style Assyrian official garb and holding a small stylized lion in his right arm and a stone tablet in his left. Stylized facial and head hair, wrapped and braided.
Figure faces south.
Depicts an ancient Assyrian king named Ashurbanipal. Sculpted by Fred Parhad, the bronze statue is in the collection of the City and County of San Francisco.