Ashurbanipal Library Colophon d
| Obverse | ||
| 11 | E₂.GAL mAN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL kuraš-šurki | (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 dAG u₃ dtaš-me-tu₄ GEŠTU.MIN DAGAL-tu₄ iš-ru-ku-uš | |
| 44 | i-ḫu-uz-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 dAG ti-kip sa-an-tak-ki ma-la ba-aš₂-mu | |
| 77 | ina DUB.MEŠ-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 |