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First among the sources of information respecting Assurbanipal' must be placed the decagon cylinder (cylinder A) in the British Museum. This inscription is the most perfect of his longer docu ments, and carries his history down to a later period than the others. Cylinder A, when complete, contain ed over lines of cuneiform writing (about twenty lines are now quite lost), and is divided by lines drawn across the columns into thirteen parts. The inscriptions on other types of cylinders - the octagon (cylinder B), the decagons (cylinders C and D), and Cylinder E - supply us with accounts of two expeditions omitted on Cylinder A. Besides these there are many independent inscriptions, giving the history of particular campaigns; and lastly, the reports of the Assyrian generals to Assurbanipal, and his answers and proclamations. The history of Assurbanipal from these materials will divide itself into the following heads.
The introduction, genealogy, and accession of the monarch. The first Egyptian war.
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