The Last 12 Years of Assyria's Great King

The final 12 years of ashabanipal's reign are a surprising mystery. We don't actually know how he died, or really how he spent the last decade of his life. One inscription does seem to represent a kind of lament, a wail of pain for the misfortunes that have befallen him. It stands out among all the boasting and bluster of the assyrian kings as a true moment of vulnerability and suffering.

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