The earliest publication of the texts was by Pater J. N. Strassmaier in the _Verhandlungen des V Internationalen Orientalistischen Congresses zu Berlin_, 1881. In the _Beilage_ he gave the lithographed text of one hundred and nine tablets under the title of _Die altbabylonischen Verträge aus Warka_. He made many important observations upon their character and style, and gave a valuable list of words and names. As was to be expected from a first attempt, both his readings of the texts and his transcriptions from them leave room for some improvement. He arranged his texts according to the reigns of the kings mentioned. This edition formed the subject of M. V. Revillout’s article, _Une Famille commerçant de Warka_, and of numerous articles by other scholars in the journals. Dr. B. Meissner seems to have collated a number of these texts for his _Beiträge zum altbabylonischen Privatrecht_. In 1888, Dr. T. G. Pinches published _Inscribed Babylonian Tablets in the possession of Sir Henry Peek, Bart._ It was followed by other parts and by _Babylonian and Assyrian Cylinder-seals and Signets in the possession of Sir Henry Peek, Bart._, in 1890. These are most valuable for their full treatment—photographs of the originals, drawings, and descriptions of the seals, transliterations, translations, and comments, giving a better idea of what these documents are like than can be obtained without actually handling the originals. Dr. Pinches in his introduction assigns their discovery to the ruins of Sippara. The texts published by him only include three from our period, Nos. 1, 13, 14; but nowhere will a beginner find more assistance in his studies of this class of tablet. In 1893 Dr. B. Meissner published his invaluable _Beiträge __ zum altbabylonischen Privatrecht_, Vol. XI. of Delitzsch and Haupt’s _Assyriologische Bibliothek_. This gave a full transliteration and translation of one hundred and eleven texts published in autography. Full notes and comments were added giving practically all that could then be said on the subject. His introduction summarized the information, to be extracted from his texts, bearing on the social institutions of Babylonia. By arranging the texts in classes according to their purport and contents he was able to elucidate each text by comparison with similar documents and so to gain a very clear idea of the meaning of separate clauses, even when the exact shade of meaning of individual words remained obscure. Any advance which the interpretation of these documents may make must be based on his researches and follow his methods. He gave a useful glossary, but no list of proper names.