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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6327 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of En-an-na-tum-ma. Son of Ishme-Dagan. Fragment. Same inscription as U.2817. |
| 6328 | (none) | (none) | B16471 | Brick of Libit-Ishtar. Same inscription as U.3191 and U. U.312 |
| 6328A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 6328B | (none) | (none) | B16471 | (none) |
| 6341A | (none) | 1927,1003.273 | (none) | Brick: of Sin-balatsu-iqbi. Fragment. Variant of text of U.3161. H.C. |
| 6341B | (none) | (none) | B16554, B16554 | Brick: of Sin balatsu iqbi Fragment. Var. of text of U.3161a |
| 6440 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster block. Holes piered in sides. E. [drawing] |
| 65A | (none) | (none) | B15338 | (none) |
| 6743A | (none) | (none) | B16543A | [A-E] Bricks of Enannatum. The usual stamp (U.2569) has a variant 1.2: En-sal-me-nunuz-zid dNannar. the pure zirru priest of Nannar (cf. SAKI. P.206 note [illegible]) One 1/2 to B. 4 wholes to B. |
| 6743B | (none) | (none) | B16543B, B16543A | [A-E] Bricks of Enannatum. The usual stamp (U.2569) has a variant 1.2: En-sal-me-nunuz-zid dNannar. the pure zirru priest of Nannar (cf. SAKI. P.206 note [illegible]) One 1/2 to B. 4 wholes to B. | |
| 6743C | (none) | (none) | B16543C | [A-E] Bricks of Enannatum. The usual stamp (U.2569) has a variant 1.2: En-sal-me-nunuz-zid dNannar. the pure zirru priest of Nannar (cf. SAKI. P.206 note [illegible]) One 1/2 to B. 4 wholes to B. | |
| 6743D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-E] Bricks of Enannatum. The usual stamp (U.2569) has a variant 1.2: En-sal-me-nunuz-zid dNannar. the pure zirru priest of Nannar (cf. SAKI. P.206 note [illegible]) One 1/2 to B. 4 wholes to B. |
| 6743E | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-E] Bricks of Enannatum. The usual stamp (U.2569) has a variant 1.2: En-sal-me-nunuz-zid dNannar. the pure zirru priest of Nannar (cf. SAKI. P.206 note [illegible]) One 1/2 to B. 4 wholes to B. |
| 6789 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay block. Glazed. Kurigalzu or earlier. E. |
| 6901D | (none) | 1927,0527.251 | (none) | Model bricks. Burnt. C and D to E [Expedition, UPM and BM respectively] | |
| 73A | (none) | (none) | B15339 | (none) |
| 7704 | (none) | 1928,1009.3 | (none) | Brick. Bur-Sin. Concerning Ki-en-nu-ga Uri^ki-ma = Watch house of Uri (inscription on edge). HC.6. |
| 7708 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick. Of a Patesi of Lagash. Fragment. Handwritten. HC.9. |
| 7710 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick. Bur Sin = U.9861 (SAK p.198 d) concerning his statue). Face has part 1. One edge has end of lines of part 1. One edge has beginning of lines of part 2. |
| 7715 | (none) | 1928,1009.4 | (none) | Brick. Siniddinam, inscription on edge = U.3115 (some variants?), incomplete and without showing the 2 crescents of U.3115. HC.15. |
| 7720 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick. Ur-Nammu = U.3132 (SAK 186 A) but measurements different. |
| 7721 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick. Lipit-Ishtar = U.3191, 6312, 6328 but measurements different. (Another in pavement of no. 5 Quiet Street Room 4) |
| 7721A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 7721B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 7723 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick. En-an-na-tum = U.6743 ? but different measure. |