Ashurbanipal Library Colophon c
| Obverse | ||
| 11 | E₂.GAL mAN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL kurAN.ŠAR₂ki | (1) Palace of Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria, |
| 22 | ša a-na AN.ŠAR₂ u₃ dnin-lil₂ tak-lu₄ | (2) who trusts in Ashur and Ninlil, to whom Nabu and Tashmetu gifted broad understanding, who has sharp eyes--the highest level of the scribal art, which none among the kings, my predecessors, mastered, the wisdom of Nabu, cuneiform, as much as there is, I wrote upon tablets, checked, and collated, and placed in my palace for consultation and for me to read out. |
| 33 | ša d+AG u₃ dtaš-me-tu₄ GEŠTU.MIN DAGAL-tu₄ iš-ru-ku-uš | |
| 44 | i-ḫu-zu IGI-MIN na-mir-tu₄ ni-siq ṭup-šar-ru-ti | |
| 55 | ša ina LUGAL-MEŠ-ni a-lik maḫ-ri-ia mam₂-ma šip-ru šu-a-tu la i-ḫu-zu | |
| 66 | ne₂-me-eq d+AG ti-kip sa-an-tak-ki ma-la ba-aš₂-mu | |
| 77 | ina ṭup-pa-a-ni aš₂-ṭur as-niq ab-re-e-ma | |
| 88 | a-na ta-mar-ti ši-ta-as-si-ia qe₂-reb E₂.GAL-ia u₂-kin | |
| 99 | NIR.GAL₂.ZU NU TEŠ₂ LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ AN.ŠAR₂ | (9) Whoever trusts in you will not be shamed, o king of the gods, Ashur! Whoever takes (this tablet) away, or writes his own name instead of mine, may Ashur and Ninlil wildly and furiously reject him, and make his name and seed disappear from the land. |
| 1010 | man-nu ša TUM₃ u₃ lu-u MU-šu₂ it-ti MU-ia i-šaṭ-ṭa-ru | |
| 1111 | AN.ŠAR₂ u₃ dnin-lil₂ ag-giš ez-zi-iš lis-ki-pu-šu₂-ma | |
| 1212 | MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR li-ḫal-li-qu |