Bricks
This category includes rectangular building materials used for walls or floors.
Mud bricks were the primary building blocks at Ur. Most were sun-dried but some were intentionally baked to make them more stable. Baked bricks were typically used in building foundations and as facing to important public buildings, but they were also used extensively in some house walls, especially in the Isin-Larsa/Old Babylonian period. Those used in public buildings were often stamped with a building dedication and the name of the king, and the bricks that were collected from the field are almost exclusively of this type. A few bricks have other impressions in them, such as dog paw prints or inscribed lines imitating gaming boards.
Bricks were rectangular, square, or plano-convex and their sizes sometimes varied with time period, though direct temporal indicators are not clear simply from brick measurements. For Brick Stamps see Stamps/Sealings under Economic/Administrative.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2880C | (none) | (none) | B16536 | Brick of Dungi. "Dun-gi, mighty hero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, E-har-sag, his beloved house, has built." H.C. | |
| 2880B | (none) | (none) | B16535B | Brick of Dungi. "Dun-gi, mighty hero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, E-har-sag, his beloved house, has built." H.C. | |
| 2880A | (none) | (none) | B16535 | Brick of Dungi. Dun-gi, mighty hero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, E-har-sag, his beloved house, has built. H.C. | |
 | 2881 | (none) | (none) | B16533 | Bricks of dDungi. dDungi, mighty hero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad H.C. |
| 3081B | (none) | (none) | B16532 | [A-C] Brick of Ur-Engur. "To Anu, king of gods, his king, ur-engur king of ur has planted the great orchard the shrine." the pure location he has built of SAKI p. 186.F | |
| 3081D | (none) | (none) | B16531B | [A-D] brick of UR-Engur. "To Anu, king of gods, his king, Ur-Engur king of Ur, has planted the great orchard the shrine the pure location, he has built, of SAKI." | |
| 3081A | (none) | (none) | B16531A | [A-D] Brick of Ur-Engur. To Anu king of gods, his king, Ur Engur, king of Ur, has planted the great orchard, the shrine the pure location, he has builtt. Cf. SAKI p.186F. H.C. | |
| 2624C | (none) | (none) | B16530 | Brick of Ur-Engur. 2 col. Text: "To Nannar his king, Ur-Engur, King of Ur has built his temple, has built the wall of Ur" | |
| 2878B | (none) | (none) | B16529 | Brick of Ur-Engur. To Nin azag-nun-na, built her house (shrine). H.C. | |
| 3133B | (none) | (none) | B16528 | Ur-Engur bricks. Inscript of SAKI p.186 Backstein C. Several samples. H.C. | |
| 3132 | (none) | (none) | B16527, B16527 | Brick of Ur-Engur. King of Ur - who uilt the House of Nannar. H.C. | |
| 2779 | (none) | (none) | B16498 | Baked brick with drawing diagram or game (Cp. U.2728) Two finger deep holes about 4cm. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 2570 | (none) | (none) | B16496, B16496 | Baked brick. Broken. Drawing resembles cuneiform sign for wall tomb [drawing 1:2] | |
| 2862A | (none) | (none) | B16495 | [A-B] 2 bricks of Nabonidus. Building of E-nun-mah the fortress (bit himilisi and not ul-si) in side of Egish-shir-gal for Ningal his lady. H.C. | |
| 2862 | (none) | (none) | B16495 | (none) |
| 2863A | (none) | (none) | B16494 | [A-B] 2 bricks of Nabonidus. Building of E lugal malga-si-di the Ziggurat of E-gish-shir-gal at Ur. H.C. | |
| 3301 | (none) | (none) | B16490, B16490 | Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps: side and face. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11. 6-7: E Kisib-gal E-kur-ra(?) the shrine of dNin-sig (=Ea) H.C. | |
| 3300 | (none) | (none) | B16489, B16489 | Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps: side and face. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11. 6-7: E Ad-gi-gu Shrine dNusku. H.C. | |
| 3299A | (none) | (none) | B16488 | Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps, side and face. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11. 6-7: E As-an-bu the shrine of Enlil H.C. | |
| 3298A | (none) | (none) | B16487 | Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps, side and face. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11. 6-7: E-sag-dug-ga the shrine of his Enlil-ship (=Lordship) 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 3326 | (none) | (none) | B16484, B16484 | Sin-balatsu-iqbi 1/2 brick. Same text as U.3250. Variant 11.6-7: E-ab (sal?)-ban-da the shrine of dSu-zi-an-na he built. Side and face text. 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. | |
| 2877 | (none) | (none) | B16482, B16482 | Brick of ^dAdad-apal-i-din-nam. Restoration of Egish-shir-gal. H.C. |