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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 92B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 6324A | (none) | (none) | B16548 | (none) |
| 6324B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 6328A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 6328B | (none) | (none) | B16471 | (none) |
| 7834 | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 7721A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 7721B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 2624 | (none) | (none) | B16461 | (none) |
| 2862 | (none) | (none) | B16495 | (none) |
| 2863 | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 3135 | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 3148 | (none) | (none) | B16559 | (none) |
| 3315 | (none) | (none) | B16473 | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16536B | (none) | |
| 2808 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 1/2 Brick of Kurigalzu. 2 inscriptions |
| 3352 | (none) | (none) | B16480, B16480 | 1/2 brick of Kurigalzu. Type E: Restoration of E-dub-lal-mah. | |
| 6312 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 1/2 brick of Libit-Ishtar. King of Isin. Completes the inscription of U.3191. Which is an excerpt from the longer inscription on the clay cones of the same king. Cf. U.4, U.7, U.3109, U.3245, U.3251, U.6129. 4 to B one 1/2 brick x3 whole bricks. H.C. |
| 6440 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster block. Holes piered in sides. E. [drawing] |
| 2566A | (none) | (none) | B16467 | Baked brick of ISHME-DAGAN. Fragment. Ishme-Dagan, who takes care of Nippur, who exalts the head of Ur, the .... of Eridu, the lord of Uruk, the powerful king, (king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the beloved husband of the goddess Ninni Only lines 1 to 7 are preserved. c. BC 2110. | |
| 2566B | (none) | (none) | B16468A | Baked brick of ISHME-DAGAN. Fragment. Ishme-Dagan, who takes care of Nippur, who exalts the head of Ur, the .... of Eridu, the lord of Uruk, the powerful king, (king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the beloved husband of the goddess Ninni Only lines 1 to 7 are preserved. c. BC 2110. | |
| 2566C | (none) | (none) | B16539 | Baked brick of ISHME-DAGAN. Fragment. Ishme-Dagan, who takes care of Nippur, who exalts the head of Ur, the .... of Eridu, the lord of Uruk, the powerful king, (king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the beloved husband of the goddess Ninni Only lines 1 to 7 are preserved. c. BC 2110. | |
| 2566D | (none) | (none) | B16540 | Baked brick of ISHME-DAGAN. Fragment. Ishme-Dagan, who takes care of Nippur, who exalts the head of Ur, the .... of Eridu, the lord of Uruk, the powerful king, (king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the beloved husband of the goddess Ninni Only lines 1 to 7 are preserved. c. BC 2110. | |
| 2566E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked brick of ISHME-DAGAN. Fragment. Ishme-Dagan, who takes care of Nippur, who exalts the head of Ur, the .... of Eridu, the lord of Uruk, the powerful king, (king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the beloved husband of the goddess Ninni Only lines 1 to 7 are preserved. c. BC 2110. |
| 2566F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked brick of ISHME-DAGAN. Fragment. Ishme-Dagan, who takes care of Nippur, who exalts the head of Ur, the .... of Eridu, the lord of Uruk, the powerful king, (king of Isin, king of Sumer and Akkad, the beloved husband of the goddess Ninni Only lines 1 to 7 are preserved. c. BC 2110. |