(1) Palace of Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria,

(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.