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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
| (none) | 35-1-394 | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
| (none) | 35-1-395 | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
| (none) | 35-1-396 | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
| (none) | 35-1-397 | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | [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] | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B15332 | [Card Missing] |
| 111A | (none) | (none) | B15334 | (none) |
| 152A | (none) | (none) | B15337 | (none) |
| 65A | (none) | (none) | B15338 | (none) |
| 73A | (none) | (none) | B15339 | (none) |
| 52A | (none) | (none) | B15340 | (none) |
| 158A | (none) | (none) | B15343 | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B15348 | [Card Missing] |
| 85A | (none) | (none) | B15349 | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B15889 | (none) |
| 3133A | (none) | (none) | B16458 | Ur-Engur bricks. Inscript of SAKI p.186 Backstein C. Several samples. H.C. | |
| 2878A | (none) | (none) | B16459 | Brick of Ur-Engur. To Nin azag-nun-na, built her house (shrine). H.C. | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16460 | (none) | |
| 2624B | (none) | (none) | B16461 | 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" | |
| 2624 | (none) | (none) | B16461 | (none) |
| 3081E | (none) | (none) | B16462 | [A-E] 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. |