Architectural Elements

Architectural Elements is a large category that encompases building material such as bricks, elements of buildings such as door/gate sockets and drain pipes, and decorations including wall cones of various sizes and styles. This larger category also includes models of columns, houses, shrines, and tombs. They are constructed from all materials and date to all periods.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
3135A	(none)	(none)	B16537A	[A-B] Brick of Bur-Sin. Cf. SAKI. P. 196. Backstein B.
3136	(none)	(none)	(none)	Moulded Brick. Fragment. [drawing 1:4]
3137	(none)	(none)	(none)	Moulded brick. [drawing 1:8]
3138	(none)	(none)	(none)	Moulded brick. [drawing 1:8]
3139	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick stamped of Sinidinnam. Cf. U.3115 with inscription. [drawing]
3144	(none)	(none)	(none)	Moulded brick. [drawing 1:8]
3145A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 examples. Second broken. [moulded brick?] [drawing 1:8]
3146	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick of Kurigalzu. Construction of E-gish-shir-gal. H.C.
3148A	(none)	(none)	B16559	Brick of Sinbalatsu igbi. Fragment. H.C.
3148B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick of Sinbalatsu igbi. Fragment. H.C.
3149	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick of Nebuchadnezzar. Long 4 lines inscription. H.C.
3161	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick of Sin-balatsu-igbi. 12 lines inscription.
3172	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ur-Engur Door-socket. Usual inscription. In text: Kassite period (14)
3191	(none)	(none)	B16546	Brick of Libit-Ishtar Fragment. Same inscription as on Cone (Cf. SAKI. P.204) probably shorter. Libit-Ishtar, the humble shephard of Nippur, the just husbandman of Ur, who takes an unceasing care for Eridu, the high priest of uruk? H.C.
3202	(none)	(none)	(none)	Kurigalzu Brick. Fragment. To Nin(- ). (his) lady, Ku-ri(gal-zu), minister, of En(-lil), (mighty) king, king of the (4 regions of the world?), (her?) temple, has built. H.C.
3247	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone of Warad-Sin. Fragment. Restoration of E-temen-ni-il SAKI p.212
3249A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-M] 13 Clay cones of Sin-balatsu-iqbi. To Nin-gal the great lion of E-gish-shir-gal the lady of the beloved crown (Nin-men-na) of Ur, his lady, Sin-balatsu-iqbi, vice regent of Ur, has built anew the Gig-par shrine of Nin-lil, the beloved bride of Sin. A statue representing Nin-gal he had made. In the shrine of dHU-DU (the god who knows = her husband?) he introduced it. In E-nir- (or E-nun) the place erected for her rites, he fixed it. H.C.
3250	(none)	(none)	B16483	Half brick of Sin-balatsu-iqbi. Main stamp: To Nannar, king of the dEnlils, his king Sin-balatsu-iqbi, shakkanak of Ur, caretaker of Eridu, the E-gal En-nu-an-na (Palace heavenly fortress), the place where stands dNin-ka-si, he has built 8 lines. Side stamp: 7 lines. To Nannar, king of the Enlils... Omits mention of Nin-ka-si.
3252	(none)	(none)	B16477	Brick of Kurigalzu. To Nannar, his king, dKurigalzu mighty hero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad E-kish-shir-gal, his beloved temple, has restored. H.C. in text: Kassite period(13)
3261	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ur-Engur Door-socket. Usual inscription.
3267	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment. Construction - with the great cubit of Sin: - of the great outer wall (Kir-mah). King probably Larsa (Warad-Sin or Rim-Sin?) H.C.
3286	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick of Kurigalzu. To Nannar, his king, Kurigalzuthe minister of Enlil, the mighty king, king of the 4 regions of the world has built E-ga-nun-mah the old house, which decayed from ancient days and has restored it to his place. H.C.
3296	(none)	(none)	B16485, B16485	Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps: side and face. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11. 6-7: E An-ki-azag-ga where stands dAzag-sud. H.C.
3297A	(none)	(none)	B16486	Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps, side and face. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11. 6-7: E-dAsur (the place of his royalty) H.C.
3297B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps, side and face. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11. 6-7: E-dAsur (the place of his royalty) H.C.