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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2891 | (none) | (none) | B16465, B16465 | Brick of Bur Sin/ Building temple of En-ki the Apsu. (SAKI p.196. Brick C) H.C. | |
| 2861A | (none) | (none) | B16466 | Two bricks of Bur Sin. (A) Complete text in 2 Columns (Duplicate on sides) (B) Only 2nd column | |
| 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. | |
 | 6328 | (none) | (none) | B16471 | Brick of Libit-Ishtar. Same inscription as U.3191 and U. U.312 |
| 6328B | (none) | (none) | B16471 | (none) |
| 3315A | (none) | (none) | B16473 | Brick Sin-idinnam. 30 lines inscription. Has rebuilt the old In-dub and to nannar the temple of his majesty cf. SAKI. P.210 d) H.C. | |
| 3315 | (none) | (none) | B16473 | (none) |
| 3315B | (none) | (none) | B16474 | Brick Sin-idinnam. 30 lines inscription. Has rebuilt the old In-dub and to nannar the temple of his majesty cf. SAKI. P.210 d) H.C. | |
| 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. | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 3318 | (none) | (none) | B16479 | Brick of Kurigalzu. Type B: Ka-gal-mah: Great Gate Cast [drawing] | |
| 3352 | (none) | (none) | B16480, B16480 | 1/2 brick of Kurigalzu. Type E: Restoration of E-dub-lal-mah. | |
| 2877 | (none) | (none) | B16482, B16482 | Brick of ^dAdad-apal-i-din-nam. Restoration of Egish-shir-gal. 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. |