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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 73A | (none) | (none) | B15339 | (none) |
| 65A | (none) | (none) | B15338 | (none) |
| 152A | (none) | (none) | B15337 | (none) |
| 111A | (none) | (none) | B15334 | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B15332 | [Card Missing] |
| 2624A | (none) | (none) | B15327 | Brick of Ur-Engur. 2 columns. Text: To Nannar his king, Ur-engur king of Ur, has built his temple, has built the wall [transcribed inscription] of Ur. [drawing] | |
| 973 | (none) | 1935,0113.3 | (none) | Fragment of mud-brick. With portion of Kudur-Mabug's brick inscription. |
| 974 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of Mud-brick. With portion of Bur-Sin inscription. |
| 975 | (none) | 1935,0113.4 | (none) | Fragment of Mud-brick. With portion of Bur-Sin inscription. |
| 1356 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of black diorite, with traces of an inscription, probably of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur. |
| 1664 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of brick, with part of first 5 lines of inscription of Sin-balatsu-igbi. |
| 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. |
| 2569B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked Brick. Stamp of "En-an-na-tum, the beloved pries of Nannar, High priest of Nannar, in Ur, son of Ishme-Dagan, King of Sumer and Akkad" (6 lines). Ishme-Dagan, king of Isin about BC 2100 |
| 2569C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked Brick. Stamp of "En-an-na-tum, the beloved pries of Nannar, High priest of Nannar, in Ur, son of Ishme-Dagan, King of Sumer and Akkad" (6 lines). Ishme-Dagan, king of Isin about BC 2100 |
| 2594 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bricks of Kurigalzu about BC 1400. Text: To Nannar, his king, Kurigalzu the vice-regent of Enlil, the mighty king, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the 4 regions of the world, has built the E (or kisal?) DUB-LAL-MAH, the old house that had decayed, and has restored it in its place. Already published by Rawlinson. |
| 2669 | (none) | 1927,1003.267 | (none) | Brick of Silli-Adad. Fragment. Text: To nannar, his king. Si-li dAdad caretaker of Nippur, patesi of Ur, Larsa, Lagash, and the land ( )-al-lakia (the E)temen-ni-il?. Silli-Adad of Larsa predecessor of Arad Sin about BC 2168 (Th.D) H.C. |
| 2725 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Sin-i-din-na-am king of Larsa. Broken. Text: To Nannar, eldest son of Enlil dSin-i-din-na-am, shepherd of justice_ _ _ who takes care of Ur, king (of Larsa). H.C. |
| 2808 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 1/2 Brick of Kurigalzu. 2 inscriptions |
| 2811 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick with drawing game or plan. Frag. [drawing 1:2] |
| 2812 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick with geometrical drawing. Build squares of 6 x 10. Nabonidus period. In text: Neo-Babylonian Period (14) |
| 2861B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Two bricks of Bur Sin. (A) Complete text in 2 Columns (Duplicate on sides) (B) Only 2nd column |
| 2862B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [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. |
| 2863B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 bricks of Nabonidus. Building of E lugal malga-si-di the Ziggurat of E-gish-shir-gal at Ur. H.C. |
| 2864 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II. Buildingg of Egish shir gal. H.C. |