Ashurbanipal

This is an image of a statue depicting the image of Ashurbanipal, the last great king of the Assyrian empire. The statue is located along the side of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, however it was erected there while the building was used as the main public library... and strong reference to the Assyrians influence on public record keeping.

I am of Assyrian heritage and am proud to know that my family helped bring this statue to San Francisco as a memory of a great population without a country. Learn more about Ashurbanipal here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashurbanipal