Ashurbanipal son of Ishtar

Emma Elias

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝘼𝙨𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙨𝙝𝙩𝙖𝙧

Ashurbanipal quite literally declares himself a “son of goddess Ishtar“. In order to understand why an extremely image-conscious Assyrian King might have wanted to paint himself in such colors, we may remember that this declaration is used in a somewhat complementary fashion

For a military commander, which is what a neo-Assyrian King was, above all, it pays to be considered a “son of goddess Ishtar ” by both his men and his enemies.

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