"The god of scribes has bestowed on me the gift of the knowledge of his art. I have been initiated into the secrets of writing. I can even read the intricate tablets in Shumerian; I understand the enigmatic words in the stone carvings from the days before the Flood …”
-- Ashurbanipal
(Horrible translation, but the best I could do now.)
-- Ashurbanipal
(Horrible translation, but the best I could do now.)