3899805 Frontispiece from \'The monuments of Nineveh\', 1849 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: From \'The monuments of Nineveh, from drawings made on the spot\' by Austen Henry Layard, Esq. Doorway with lamassu (human-headed winged lions) King Sennacherib of Assyria 705-681 BC was responsible for building at the Akkadian capital of Nineveh. His grandson Ashurbanipal, the last great King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, 668-c.627 BC built the library. ).