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Nineveh
The partially reconstructed Nergal Gate in Nineveh, Iraq.
Ashurbanipalâs library at Nineveh contained a vast collection of ancient texts. According to historical records, the collection included more than 20,000 tablets or fragments of tablets. More specifically, approximately 20,720 Assyrian tablets and fragments from this library have been preserved in the British Museum.12