(M742) In the time of the First Dynasty of Babylon letters appear frequently in the collections of tablets brought to our museums. The volumes of _Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, etc., in the British Museum, published by order of the Trustees_,(794) contain a large number of letters from copies made by Mr. T. G. Pinches. These have been made the subject of a study by Dr. Mary Williams Montgomery.(795) Mr. L. W. King, in his work, _The Letters and Inscriptions of Ḥammurabi_, published fifty-five letters of Ḥammurabi to his subordinate officer, Sin-idinnam, six letters of Samsuiluna, thirteen of Abêshu’, two of Ammiditana, five of Ammizaduga, and two private letters. These were all transcribed, translated, annotated, and, with a number of other contemporary inscriptions, issued with admirable introductions, glossary, and index.(796) Nowhere can a more vivid picture be obtained of the great empire and the manifold duties of a Babylonian king. A number of the texts published in the first volume were translated and commented upon by Dr. G. Nagel under the title, _Die Briefe Ḥammurabi’s an Sin-idinnam_.(797) Professor Delitzsch added some valuable notes. Dr. B. Meissner had already published the text of four letters as _Altbabylonische Briefe_.(798) Professor V. Scheil gave the text of two letters of this period, found by him at Sippara, in the _Recueil de Travaux_(799) and noticed others, and some more in his _Une Saison de fouilles a Sippar_.(800) These are preserved at Constantinople, but the text has not yet been published. They are chiefly private letters and of a business nature. There are a great many other letters in American and European museums, the publication of which should not be longer delayed. (M743) For the long period before the Tell el Amarna times, _circa_ B.C. 1500, nothing of any extent seems to have been published, though letters are also known to exist of this period. A late copy of one such letter, addressed by Adadi-Shumnâṣir, King of Babylon, to Ashur-narara and Nabû-dâni, kings of Assyria, about B.C. 1250, is partly preserved in the British Museum.(801)