7. which, among the kings who have gone before,

8. no one ever acquired that craft.

9. The wisdom of Nebo [as expressed in] writing, of every kind,

10. on tablets I wrote, collated and revised,

11. [and] for examination and reading

12. in my palace I placed—[I]

13. the prince who knoweth the light of the king of the gods, Ashur.

14. Whosoever shall carry [them] off, or his name side by side with mine

15. shall write may Ashur and Bêlit wrathfully

16. sweep away, and his name and his seed destroy in the land.