Return to [[:rulers_of_assyria]]/[[:rulers_of_babylon_in_the_first_millennium_bc]]/[[:biographies|Biographies]] \\ ===== Aššurbanipal ====== Led final destructive raid on Elam. Chronolgy of his reign ((according to Grayson 1981a)): 669 Esarhaddon died on the way to Egypt; Ashurbanipal ascended the throne in Assyria 668 Šamaš-šum-ukin ascended the throne in Babylonia 667 campaign against Arwad; campaign against Egypt; campaign against Elam 666-665 campaign against Lydia 666-663 campaign against Egypt 664 campaign against Elam 662 campaign against Tyre; campaign against Arwad; campaign against Tabal; campaign against Hilakku 660 campaign against the Mannaeans 658 campaign against the Medes 657 campaign against Urartu 655 wall of Aššur rebuilt 654 bed of Marduk returned to Babylon 653 campaign against Elam 652-648 rebellion of Šamaš-šum-ukin 650 campaign against Elam; campaign against Arabs; siege of Babylon 649 work on the wall of Niniveh 648 campaign against Elam 647 campaign against Elam 646 building work at Niniveh 645 campaign against Elam 644 campaign against Lydia; campaign against Arabs 643 campaign against Elam; campaign against Urartu 641 campaign against Cyrus, campaign against Hudimiru 640 campaign against Dugdamme 639 building work at Babylon === Literature: === Bauer, T., Das Inschriftenwerk Assurbanipals (1933) Borger, R. Beiträge zum Inschriftenwerk Assurbanipals (1996) Cancik-Kirschbaum, E., Die Assyrer (2003) Cogan, M. - Tadmor, H., Gyges and Asurbanipal. A study in literary tramsmission, in: Orientalia N.S. 46, 1977, 65-85 Cogan, M., Asurbanipal Prism F. Notes on scribal techniques and editorial procedures, in: Journal of Cuneiform Studies 29, 1977, 97-107 Cogan, M., Ashurbanipal prism inscriptions once again, in: Journal of Cuneiform Studies 32, 1980, 147-150 Fales, F. M., A litarary code in Assyrian Royal inscriptions. The case of Ashurbanipal's Egyptian campaigns, in: Assyrian Royal Inscriptions New Horizons Grayson, A. K., The chronology of the reign of Asurbanipal, in: Zeitschrift für Assyriologie 70, 1981a, 226-254 Grayson, A. K., Histories and Historians. Assyria and Babylonia in Orientalia N.S., 1980b, 140-155 Grayson, A. K., Assyria, in: Cambridge Ancient History 3.2 (1991), 142-161 Mayer, W., Politik und Kriegskunst der Assyrer (1995), 397-418 Na'aman, N., The brook of Egypt and Assyrian policy on the borderof Egypt, in: Tel Aviv 6, 1979, 69-90 Onasch, H.-U., Die assyrischen Eroberungen Ägyptens (1994), in: Ägypten und Altes Testament 27.1/2; Piepkorn, A.C., Historical Prism Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (1933), in: Assyriological Studies 5 Spalinger, A., Ashurbanipal and Egypt. A source study, in: Journal of Ancient Oriental Studies 94, 1974, 316-328 Spalinger, a., The dates of the death of Gyges and its historical implications, in: Journal of Ancient Oriental Studies 98, 1978, 400-409 Streck, M., Assurbanipal und die letzten assyrischen Könige bis zum Untergange Ninivehs (1916), in: Vorderasiatische Bibliothek 7.1-3 Tadmor, H., History and Ideology in the Assyrian Royal Inscriptions, in Assyrian Royal Inscriptions New Horizons, 13-33 Click [[http://cdli.ucla.edu/search/search_results.php?SearchMode=Text&requestFrom=Search&DatesReferenced=Assurbanipal|here]] for all texts dated to Assurbanipal \\ Return to [[:rulers_of_assyria]]/[[:rulers_of_babylon_in_the_first_millennium_bc]]/[[:biographies|Biographies]]