Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Ashurbanipal, also known as the Ashurbanipal Monument or the Statue of Ashurbanipal, is a bronze sculpture by Fred Parhad, an artist of Assyrian descent. It is located in the Civic Center of San Francisco, California, in the United States. The 15-foot (4.6 m) statue depicting the Assyrian king of the same name was commissioned by the Assyrian Foundation for the Arts and presented to the City of San Francisco in 1988 as a gift from the Assyrian people. The sculpture reportedly cost $100,000 and was the first "sizable" bronze statue of Ashurbanipal. It is administered by the City and County of San Francisco and the San Francisco Arts Commission. Parhad's work was met with some criticism by local Assyrians, who argued it was inaccurate to portray Ashurbanipal holding a clay tablet and a lion, or wearing a skirt. The critics thought the statue looked more like the Sumerian king Gilgamesh; Renee Kovacs, a Yale Ph.D, believed the sculpture depicted neither figure, but rather a Mesopotamian "protective figure". Parhad defended the accuracy of his work, while also admitting that he took artistic liberties.
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Dates from 1987.
Wikidata Q14660880, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1988-05-29
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Monument: 0.0 mi
- California Native Americans: 0.0 mi
- Portrait of a Phenomenal Woman: 0.1 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 0.2 mi
- Matthew Hall McAllister: 0.2 mi
- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: 0.0 mi
- Tenderloin Museum: 0.3 mi
- International Art Museum of America: 0.3 mi
- American Bookbinders Museum: 0.7 mi
- Children's Creativity Museum: 0.8 mi
- atemtuhe: 0.0 mi
- Double L Excentric Gyratory: 0.0 mi
- Functional and Fantasy Stair: 0.1 mi
- Simon Bolivar: 0.1 mi
- Cyclone Fragment: 0.1 mi
- Tenderloin Peoples' Garden: 0.1 mi
- Tenderloin People’s Garden: 0.1 mi
- Oasis at 50 Jones: 0.3 mi
- Howard & Langton Mini Park Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Civic Center Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Turk-Hyde Mini Park: 0.2 mi
- Urban Alchemy Oasis: 0.2 mi
- The Commons: 0.2 mi
- War Memorial Court: 0.3 mi
- Cable Car Turntable (Powell & Market): 0.6 mi
- California and Powell streets: 0.9 mi
- Dragon Gate: 0.9 mi
- Painted Ladies: 1.0 mi
- Alamo Square Historic District: 1.1 mi
- Nob Hill: 0.9 mi
- Lafayette Heights: 1.0 mi
- Hayes Hill: 1.1 mi
- Alamo Heights: 1.1 mi
- Russian Hill: 1.2 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 2.8 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Fort Funston: 6.2 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 7.2 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 7.6 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 8.6 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 1.9 mi
- East Beach: 2.7 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 3.8 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 5.0 mi
- Sand Springs Beach: 5.3 mi
- Huntington Falls: 3.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.4 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 4.1 mi
- Kent Falls: 11.4 mi
- Dawn Falls: 13.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.3 mi
- Old Spring: 8.1 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 13.0 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 5.0 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 9.7 mi
- Aramai Point: 12.8 mi
- Vent 5: 12.9 mi
- Chab: 16.0 mi
- Lynn: 10.1 mi
- Winehaven: 11.8 mi
- Russell City: 17.7 mi
- Stokes Landing: 19.5 mi
- Eckley: 22.2 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 3.5 mi
- Quarters A: 3.5 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 6.7 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 7.3 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Ashurbanipal. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | S 189° | 371 m | 6.5 mi |
| Richardson East | NW 317° | 338.6 m | 6.7 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NW 312° | 317.297 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SW 215° | 283 m | 3.5 mi |
| Slacker Hill | NW 314° | 282 m | 5.5 mi |
| Hawk Hill | NW 307° | 281 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Sutro | SW 236° | 278 m | 2.7 mi |
| Noe Peak | SW 222° | 274 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6465902729
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