Babylon had been closely invested, and was at last starved into surrender.

But, taught by the experience of the past, Assur-bani-pal did not treat it severely.

The leaders of the revolt, it is true, were punished, but the city and people were spared, and its shrines, like those of Kutha and Sippara, were purified, while penitential psalms were sung to appease the angry deities, and the daily sacrifices which had been interrupted were restored.

A certain Kandalanu was made viceroy, perhaps with the title of king.
Chastisement was now taken upon the Arabian tribes who had joined in the revolt.

But Egypt was lost to the empire for ever.