Asnapper
    probably the same as Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapalos of the
    Greeks), styled the "great and noble" (Ezra 4:10), was the son
    and successor (B.C. 668) of Esar-haddon (q.v.). He was
    "luxurious, ambitious, and cruel, but a magnificent patron of
    literature." He formed at Nineveh a library of clay tablets,
    numbering about 10,000. These are now mostly in the British
    Museum. They throw much light on the history and antiquities of
    Assyria.

      Assur-bani-pal was a munificent patron of literature, and the
    conqueror of Elam. Towards the middle of his reign his empire
    was shaken by a great rebellion headed by his brother in
    Babylon. The rebellion was finally put down, but Egypt was lost,
    and the military power of Assyria was so exhausted that it could
    with difficulty resist the hordes of Kimmerians who poured over
    Western Asia. (See NINEVEH.)



 Asnapper, unhappiness; increase of danger