caption native_lang_name father predecessor successor death_date title name birth_date article_title native_lang reign
ashurbanipal on a chariot during a royal lion hunt aššur-bāni-apli sardanapalos sardanapalus esarhaddon esarhaddon ashur-etil-ilani 627 bc king of assyria ashurbanipal 685 bc ashurbanipal
 akkadian greek latin 668 -- c. 627 bc
ashurbanipal

ashurbanipal -lrb- ; ; ` ashur is the creator of an heir ' ; 668 bc -- c. 627 bc -rrb- , also spelled assurbanipal or ashshurbanipal , was an assyrian king , the son of esarhaddon and the last strong king of the neo-assyrian empire -lrb- 934 -- 609 bc -rrb- .
he is famed for amassing a significant collection of cuneiform documents for his royal palace at nineveh .
this collection , known as the library of ashurbanipal , is now housed at the british museum .
in the bible he is called asenappar -lrb- -rrb- .
roman historian justinus identified him as sardanapalus .
