2973972 Relief depicting a construction site, Ashurbanipal\'s Palace, Nineveh, c.645 BC (stone) by Assyrian, (7th century BC); (add.info.: Ashurbanipal also spelled Assurbanipal or Ashshurbanipal, was an Assyrian king, the son of Esarhaddon and the last strong king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (934??09 BC). 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.); Photo 穢 Zev Radovan; out of copyright.