Ashurbanipal Library

King Ashurbanipal (668 BC – 627 BC) is considered the last strong king of the Assyrian Empire. Though famous for his many achievements, he is known for amassing a significant collection of cuneiform tablets at his royal palace in Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. His magnificent collection was the first ever library and included important texts, like the Epic of Gilgamesh. The collection, formally named the Library of Ashurbanipal, is now housed at the British Museum.

The Ashurbanipal Library features a unique collection of more than a thousand Assyrian journals published all over the world in the last century, including the Assyrian Star and Gilgamesh Magazine. Check out our archive that dates back to the early 1900s to get a sense of what day-to-day life was like for Assyrians around the world over the last hundred years.