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.
Objects: Bricks Export: JSON - XML - CSV
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6323 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Silli-Adad. Fragment. BC 2083 |
| 2833A | (none) | (none) | B16475 | Brick of Silli-Adad. Broken -Inscription complete (cf. U.2669) :To Nannar, his king, Si-li dAdad who takes care of Nippur, patesi of Ur, Larsa Lagash, and the land og Gish-ta-al-laki (or Semetic: Is-ta-atla?), the foundation of E-Temen-ni-ilm I ordered to its place, I restored. H.C. | |
| 2833B | (none) | (none) | B16547 | Brick of Silli-Adad. Broken -Inscription complete (cf. U.2669) :To Nannar, his king, Si-li dAdad who takes care of Nippur, patesi of Ur, Larsa Lagash, and the land og Gish-ta-al-laki (or Semetic: Is-ta-atla?), the foundation of E-Temen-ni-ilm I ordered to its place, I restored. H.C. | |
| 3149 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Nebuchadnezzar. Long 4 lines inscription. H.C. |
| 2864 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Nebuchadnezzar II. Buildingg of Egish shir gal. H.C. |
| 13003 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Nam-Mah-Ni. New. HC 122. |
| 6328 | (none) | (none) | B16471 | Brick of Libit-Ishtar. Same inscription as U.3191 and U. U.312 |
| 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. | |
| 3318 | (none) | (none) | B16479 | Brick of Kurigalzu. Type B: Ka-gal-mah: Great Gate Cast [drawing] | |
| 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. |
| 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) | |
| 3146 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Kurigalzu. Construction of E-gish-shir-gal. H.C. |
| 3147 | (none) | 1927,1003.275 | (none) | Brick of Kurigalzu. Construction of E-Dub-lal-mah. |
| 2882A | (none) | (none) | B16476 | Brick of Kudur-Mabug. To Nannar, his king. Kudur-ma0bu-uk-adda of the Martu land, son of Si-im-li-shi-il-ba-ak, when Nannar had exauced [sic?] his prayers, he built the Ga-nun-mah of nannar, for his life and that of his son Warad-Sin, king of Larsa. H.C. text: E-nun-mah (8) | |
| 2882B | (none) | (none) | B16550 | Brick of Kudur-Mabug. To Nannar, his king. Kudur-ma0bu-uk-adda of the Martu land, son of Si-im-li-shi-il-ba-ak, when Nannar had exauced [sic?] his prayers, he built the Ga-nun-mah of nannar, for his life and that of his son Warad-Sin, king of Larsa. H.C. text: E-nun-mah (8) | |
| 6327 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of En-an-na-tum-ma. Son of Ishme-Dagan. Fragment. Same inscription as U.2817. |
| 2817 | (none) | (none) | B16544, B16544 | Brick of En-an-na-tum-ma. Fragment. Same inscription as U.2569 except line 3 which is omitted. 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 3130A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of dAddad-apal-idinnam, 11 lines inscription. Restores E-gish-shir-gal. H.C. |
| 2891 | (none) | (none) | B16465, B16465 | Brick of Bur Sin/ Building temple of En-ki the Apsu. (SAKI p.196. Brick C) H.C. | |
| 3130B | (none) | 1924,0920.252 | (none) | Brick of Adad-apal-idinnam. 11 lines inscriptoin. Restores E-gish-shir.gal. |
| 2879 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of (NurAdad) Broken (only lower part) Restoration of the shrine of Enki the beloved ki-ku-azag, and its kiskannu. H.C. |
| 3316 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick - Time of Sin-balatsu-iqbi. With counting board of 6 by 10 squares. In text: neo-Babylonian period (6) in Cat.[drawing] |