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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3133A | (none) | (none) | B16458 | Ur-Engur bricks. Inscript of SAKI p.186 Backstein C. Several samples. H.C. | |
| 3135A | (none) | (none) | B16537A | [A-B] Brick of Bur-Sin. Cf. SAKI. P. 196. Backstein B. | |
 | 3136 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Moulded Brick. Fragment. [drawing 1:4] |
| 3137 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Moulded brick. [drawing 1:8] |
| 3138 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Moulded brick. [drawing 1:8] |
| 3139 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick stamped of Sinidinnam. Cf. U.3115 with inscription. [drawing] |
| 3144 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Moulded brick. [drawing 1:8] |
| 3145A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 examples. Second broken. [moulded brick?] [drawing 1:8] |
| 3146 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Kurigalzu. Construction of E-gish-shir-gal. H.C. |
| 3147 | (none) | 1927,1003.275 | (none) | Brick of Kurigalzu. Construction of E-Dub-lal-mah. |
| 3148A | (none) | (none) | B16559 | Brick of Sinbalatsu igbi. Fragment. H.C. |
| 3148B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Sinbalatsu igbi. Fragment. H.C. |
| 3149 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Nebuchadnezzar. Long 4 lines inscription. H.C. |
| 3161 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Sin-balatsu-igbi. 12 lines inscription. |
| 3191 | (none) | (none) | B16546 | Brick of Libit-Ishtar Fragment. Same inscription as on Cone (Cf. SAKI. P.204) probably shorter. Libit-Ishtar, the humble shephard of Nippur, the just husbandman of Ur, who takes an unceasing care for Eridu, the high priest of uruk? H.C. | |
| 3202 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Kurigalzu Brick. Fragment. To Nin(- ). (his) lady, Ku-ri(gal-zu), minister, of En(-lil), (mighty) king, king of the (4 regions of the world?), (her?) temple, has built. 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. | |
| 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) | |
| 3286 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Brick of Kurigalzu. To Nannar, his king, Kurigalzuthe minister of Enlil, the mighty king, king of the 4 regions of the world has built E-ga-nun-mah the old house, which decayed from ancient days and has restored it to his place. 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. | |
| 3297B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 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. |
| 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" |
| 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. | |
| 3298B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 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. |