(o 1) The scribe tests his student:

(o 2) "In the assembly of master scribes, in the courtyard of the scribal school,

(o 3) (Sum) Come, my student, sit beneath me; come, I will speak to you and you will listen. (Akk) Come here, my student, sit beneath [me]; come, I will speak to you and you will acquire [my wisdom].

(o 4) From the days of your childhood until adolescence [you] have dwelled in the scribal school.

(o 5) You have learned the scribal art, but you do not understand its nature."

(o 6) "What is it that I do not know?"

(o 7) "What do you know?

(o 8) Come, I shall ask you questions and then ...! Come, I shall speak to you and you answer me!"

(o 9) "Ask me and I shall speak to you! Speak to me, and [I shall answer you]!"

(o 10) You cannot answer me!"

(o 11) "Why can I not [answer] you?"

(o 12) "The beginning of the scribal art is a [single] wedge. [That one has six] pronunciations; it also stands [for 'sixty'. Do you know its reading]?

(o 13) [What] you have learned [in Sumerian, do you know how to unravel its] secret?

(o 14) [...] ... [...]

(r 1') [The scribal art is a good lot], having a protective spirit, a bright eye, [and is required by the palace ...]"

(r 2') [...] Copied and collated according to its original. Writing of Nabû-eṭerani the junior scribal apprentice [...]; offspring of Baba-šuma-iqīša, the scribe of Antaṣṣa (Assur), [younger] son of Nabû-rēšī-išši [...]; son of Nabû-šūm-līšer, the scribe of Antaṣṣa (Assur),son of Aššur-aha-iqīša, the Assyrian scribe, son of Aššur-napišta-šēṣi, the scribe of Antaṣṣa (Assur), son of Dādiyû, scribe of the temple of the god(?) [...].

(r 6') The one who requests (the tablet and then) allowed it to slip into oblivion, may Nabû, [...], lord of the scribal arts, order the scattering of him and his house. By the agency of Gula, the great chief physician, may there be an unsparing illness in his body.

(r 8') Month of Nisannu, first day, eponym of Hanana, provincial governor of Til-Barsip [...].

(r 9') Excerpted and collated hurriedly, not properly done.