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Ashurbanipal

Pronunciation: /ˌaʃʊəˈbanɪpal, -ˈbanɪpɑːl/

Definition of Ashurbanipal

king of Assyria circa 668–627 bc, grandson of Sennacherib. A patron of the arts, he established a library of more than 20,000 clay tablets at Nineveh.