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) |
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| (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] |
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| (none) | (none) | (none) | B15332 | [Card Missing] |
| 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. | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16536B | (none) | |
| 3130B | (none) | 1924,0920.252 | (none) | Brick of Adad-apal-idinnam. 11 lines inscriptoin. Restores E-gish-shir.gal. |
| 6901D | (none) | 1927,0527.251 | (none) | Model bricks. Burnt. C and D to E [Expedition, UPM and BM respectively] | |
| 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)" |
| 2669 | (none) | 1927,1003.267 | (none) | Brick of Silli-Adad. Fragment. Text: To nannar, his king. Si-li dAdad caretaker of Nippur, patesi of Ur, Larsa, Lagash, and the land ( )-al-lakia (the E)temen-ni-il?. Silli-Adad of Larsa predecessor of Arad Sin about BC 2168 (Th.D) H.C. |
| 3081F | (none) | 1927,1003.268 | (none) | [A-F] 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. |
| 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. |
| 3081C | (none) | 1927,1003.270 | (none) | [A-D] 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 built, of SAKI." |
| 3115 | (none) | 1927,1003.271 | (none) | Sinidinnam Brick (18 lines). Has mark [reference double crescent drawing] The mighty hero who takes care of Ur king of Larsa, who restores the rites of Ur of Eridu. Ga-nun-mah from ancient days the previous kings had restored . On the [word erased] of Nannar the sublime king the sanctuary ( ) For the life of... and for my life I did build. [drawing] |
| 6341A | (none) | 1927,1003.273 | (none) | Brick: of Sin-balatsu-iqbi. Fragment. Variant of text of U.3161. H.C. |
| 3297C | (none) | 1927,1003.274 | (none) | Sinbalalsuiqbi 1/2 brick. 2 stamps, side and face. Same text as U. 3250. Variant 11. 6-7: "E-ashur the place of his royalty" |