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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 12571 | (none) | 1948,0423.89 | (none) | Brick. Sin-iddinam complete (30 lines) R1U 119. HC 115 |
| 975 | (none) | 1935,0113.4 | (none) | Fragment of Mud-brick. With portion of Bur-Sin inscription. |
| 12981 | (none) | 1935,0113.379 | (none) | Model clay brick? | |
| 973 | (none) | 1935,0113.3 | (none) | Fragment of mud-brick. With portion of Kudur-Mabug's brick inscription. |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.360 | (none) | (none) | |
| 14453 | (none) | 1930,1213.307 | (none) | Brick. Made of Jus mixed with gravel. Rectangular & flat on top. |
| 12779C | (none) | 1928,1010.808 | (none) | [A-C] Bricks. 3. Plano-convex, burnt, measuring L. 0215 Width 010 ht. 008 [D-E] Also 2 measuring [reference to dimensions] and having rounded corners. L. 023 Width 0125 ht. 0075 |
| 12779A | (none) | 1928,1010.786 | (none) | [A-C] Bricks. 3. Plano-convex, burnt, measuring L. 0215 Width 010 ht. 008 [D-E] Also 2 measuring [reference to dimensions] and having rounded corners. L. 023 Width 0125 ht. 0075 |
| 12779B | (none) | 1928,1010.785 | (none) | [A-C] Bricks. 3. Plano-convex, burnt, measuring L. 0215 Width 010 ht. 008 [D-E] Also 2 measuring [reference to dimensions] and having rounded corners. L. 023 Width 0125 ht. 0075 |
| 12773 | (none) | 1928,1010.714 | (none) | Brick. Plano-convex. |
| 7815 | (none) | 1928,1009.525 | (none) | Brick? Inscription in a writing not yet identified: and scribblings. cf. U.6900. HC.35. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 3147 | (none) | 1927,1003.275 | (none) | Brick of Kurigalzu. Construction of E-Dub-lal-mah. |
| 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" |
| 6341A | (none) | 1927,1003.273 | (none) | Brick: of Sin-balatsu-iqbi. Fragment. Variant of text of U.3161. H.C. |
| 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] |
| 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." |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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)" |
| 6901D | (none) | 1927,0527.251 | (none) | Model bricks. Burnt. C and D to E [Expedition, UPM and BM respectively] | |
| 3130B | (none) | 1924,0920.252 | (none) | Brick of Adad-apal-idinnam. 11 lines inscriptoin. Restores E-gish-shir.gal. |
| 974 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of Mud-brick. With portion of Bur-Sin inscription. |