Hatra is an Iraqi city located 80 km southwest of Mosul. It is believed that the city was founded in the beginning of the second century BC. It is currently considered the center of the urban district in Nineveh Governorate. Most of its inhabitants are Arabs. The ruins of the historical city of Hatra are located 2 km northwest of the present-day Hatra. A number of written texts were found engraved on large stones containing some of the legal provisions and customs that prevailed in it, especially those related to theft and the punishment issued against These writings were found during the excavations carried out by the Department of Antiquities and Heritage in different seasons in the city, which began in 1951 and lasted for many years. The period of the city's recovery extends from the borders of the first century BC to the middle of the third century AD, and there are factors and incentives behind that, most notably the religious importance that the city acquired as a center for the Arab tribes that inhabited the island, where they established their temples and placed statues in them.