Library of Ashurbanipal

The Library of Ashurbanipal is a royal collection of over 30,000 pieces of text from the 7th century BCE.[1] Ashurbanipal is considered the last great king of the Sargonid dynasty of Assyria.[2] At the library, various texts in different languages could be found, including, for example, a cuneiform tablet of the Great Flood as told in the Epic of Gilgamesh.[3] The remains were uncovered at the archaeological site at Kouyunjik Mound in Mosul, Iraq; once known as Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Taylor, Jonathan (25 October 2018). "A Library Fit For a King". The British Museum.
  2. ↑ Mark, Joshua J. (2014-07-22). "Sargonid Dynasty". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  3. ↑ "The Flood Tablet, relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
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