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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3298C | (none) | 1927,1003.266 | (none) | Sinbalatsu-iqbi 1/2 Brick. 2 stamps, side and face. Same text as U. 3250. Except Variant 11.6-7: E-sag-dug-ga, the shrine of his Enlil-ship(=Lordship)" |
| 3298D | (none) | (none) | B16557 | Sinbalatsuiqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps side and face. same text as U.3250. Except variant 11.6-7: "E-sag-dug-ga, the shrine of his Enlil-ship. (=Lordship)" | |
| 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. | |
| 3299B | (none) | 1927,1003.269 | (none) | 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. |
| 3299C | (none) | (none) | B16558 | Brick of Sin balalsu iqbi 2 stamps: face and side. Same text as U.3250. Except var. 11.6-7: "E As-an-bur, the shrine of Enlil." |
| 32A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 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. | |
| 3315 | (none) | (none) | B16473 | (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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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] |
| 3317 | (none) | (none) | B16563, B16563 | Brick. Probably Larsa counting board. [drawing] | |
| 3318 | (none) | (none) | B16479 | Brick of Kurigalzu. Type B: Ka-gal-mah: Great Gate Cast [drawing] | |
| 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. | |
| 3352 | (none) | (none) | B16480, B16480 | 1/2 brick of Kurigalzu. Type E: Restoration of E-dub-lal-mah. | |
| 3374 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Warad-Sin, recording his cutting of the canal called Nannar-hul. |
| 52A | (none) | (none) | B15340 | (none) |
| 6195 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked brick. Incised line in 3 sides representing the entrances to the shrine on the site of which it was found? Fragment of horns on top of brick and remains of nude female figure represented as standing in doorway? Block(G) [drawing 1:2] |
| 6272 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Square marble block. Grey. E. |
| 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. |
| 6323 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Silli-Adad. Fragment. BC 2083 |
| 6324 | (none) | (none) | B16548 | Brick of Sin-idinnam. King of Larsa. New text. To dBabbar (Sun god). H.C. | |
| 6324A | (none) | (none) | B16548 | (none) |
| 6324B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |