Ashurbanipal Library Colophon n
| Obverse | ||
| 11 | mAN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL kurAN.ŠAR₂ki | (1) Palace of Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria, obedient governor, who fears the great gods, son of Esarhaddon, King of the World, King of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, King of the World, King of Assyria, to whom Nabu and Nisaba have given life and protected his kingship … their vast wisdom, for the life of his soul, to extend his days … to establish firmly his rule, to fix securely his royal throne … his gleaming features … for health, happiness and good feeling they constantly go before him in healthiness. |
| 22 | GIR₃.NITA₂ kam₂-šu pa-liḫ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 33 | DUMU mAN.ŠAR₂-PAP-AŠ LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL kurAN.ŠAR₂ki | |
| 44 | DUMU md30-PAP-MEŠ-SU LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL kurAN.ŠAR₂ki | |
| 55 | ša dPA u dNAGA u₂-bal-li-ṭu-šu-ma | |
| 66 | iṣ-ṣu-ru LUGAL-us-⸢su⸣ | |
| 77 | ne₂-me-qi₂-šu₂-nu pal-ku-u-[te ...] | |
| 88 | a-na TI.LA ZI.MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂.DA UD.MEŠ-šu₂ [...] | |
| 99 | kun-nu BALA.MEŠ-šu₂ [...] | |
| 1010 | šur-šu₂-du gišGU.ZA LUGAL-⸢ti⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 1111 | bu-un-ni-šu₂ nam-ru-u-ti UGU?-šu₂ x-ra?-x [...] | |
| 1212 | ina DUG₃.GA UZU.MEŠ ḫu-ud ŠA₃-bi na-mar ka-bat-ti | |
| 1313 | šal-meš i-tal-lu-ku ma-ḫar-šu₂ | |
| 1414 | iš-ṭur is-niq IGI.KAR₂-ma | (14) He wrote, checked and collated, and placed in the library of Nabu, his lord, in Nineveh. |
| 1515 | ina IM.GU₂.LA₂ E₂ dAG EN-šu₂ ša₂ qe₂-reb NINAki u₂-kin |