The date of the above interesting document has not been identified with certainty. It is thought by some to belong to the reign of Shamsu-iluna, the successor of Hammurapi. The writing clearly shows that at any rate it comes from the period of this dynasty. That is, it comes from the period to which Gen. 14 assigns the migration of Abraham. _Kittim_ in the contract is the word used in the Hebrew of Jer. 2:10 and Ezek. 27:6 for the coast lands of the Mediterranean. It undoubtedly has that meaning here. This contract was written in Sippar, the Agade of earlier times, a town on the Euphrates a little to the north of Babylon. It reveals the fact that at the time the document was written there was so much travel between Babylonia and the Mediterranean coast that a man could not lease a wagon for a year without danger that it might be driven over the long route to Syria or Palestine. Against such wear upon his vehicle the particular wagon-owner of our document protected himself. When, therefore, Abraham went out from his land and his kindred, he was going to no unknown land. The tide of commerce and of emigration had opened the way. Apparently it was no more remarkable for him to do it than for an Irishman to come to America half a century ago, or for a south European to come today. =6. Hammurapi, King of the Westland.= It is thought by many scholars that Hammurapi was the Amraphel of Genesis 14. The following inscription[421] relates to this king: 1. To [Shar]ratum, 2. the bride of Anu 3. who has come to lordship, 4. lady of strength and abundance, 5. of the mountain-temple, 6. faithful lady, of exalted counsel, 7. lady who binds the heart, 8. who for her spouse 9. makes favorable her open oracle; 10. to his lady, 11. for the life of Hammurapi, 12. king of the Westland (MAR-TU), 13. Ibirum .......... 14. governor of the river-[district] .......... 15. son of Shuban ..........., 16. a guardian-deity appropriate to her divinity, 17. in the land which she loves, 18. for her service (?) 19. before her beloved temple has set up.