Rassam cylinder

The cylinder describes in detail nine military campaigns of Ashurbanipal. ==Extracts==

One of these is his victorious campaign in Egypt: Some reliefs from Nineveh are otherwise known that illustrate these campaigns. File:Rassam cylinder (transcription of the first column).jpg|Transcription of the cuneiform script of the first column. File:Rassam cylinder first column (Introduction and First Campaign of Egypt).jpg|Translation of the first column by Luckenbill: Introduction and First Campaign of Egypt. File:Ashurbanipal The First Egyptian War.jpg|Ashurbanipal "The First Egyptian War". Word-for-word translation by George Smith. ==Important words==

File:Rassam cylinder Mu-ṣur.jpg|The word Mu-ṣur, for Egypt File:Rassam cylinder Ku-u-si.jpg|The word Ku-u2-si, for "Kingdom of Kush" File:Rassam cylinder Shabakuu.jpg|The word Sha-ba-ku-u, for Kushite Pharaoh Shabaka File:Rassam cylinder Tar-qu-u2.jpg|The word Tar-qu-u2, for Kushite Pharaoh Taharqa File:Tar-qu-u in Neo-Assyrian.jpg|Tar-qu-u, an alternative spelling used for Kushite Pharaoh Taharqa File:Rassam cylinder Urdamanee.jpg|The word Urdamanee, for Kushite Pharaoh Tantamani File:Rassam cylinder Ansharpapash.jpg|The word An-shar-pap-ash, for Neo-Assyrian ruler Esarhaddon File:Rassam cylinder Anshardua.jpg|The word An-shar-du-a, for Neo-Assyrian ruler Ashurbanipal File:Rassam cylinder Anshar-ki.jpg|The word Aššur KI, for the city of Assur File:Inscription mat Assur-ki for Assyria in the Rassam cylinder, 1st column, line 5.jpg|The word mat Aššur KI, for the country of Aššur, Assyria File:Rassam cylinder Anshar.jpg|The word An-shar, for supreme god Anshar File:Meluhha as mentioned by Ashurbanipal in the Rassam cylinder in 643 BCE.jpg|The country of Meluhha () possibly identical with Meroe ==References==