This category includes all materials that have a clay base but are not fired originally.  This includes objects such as tablets and mudbrick.  It includes materials that may have been fired after discovery to help in conserving the object.  It can also be refered to as mud figures or mud brick.  It sometimes inlcudes organics or pieces of rock fragment as temper.  

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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)
161 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Tip of. Inscribed. Ur Engur period. [Annotated] Inscription of Ur-Engur dedicating the E-temen-ni-il to Nannar. Duplicate of cone found by Taylor. See SAKI p. 188, H. Duplicate of U.201. [Annotated] Placed in 1N/No.
164 (none) (none) (none) Tablet. Baked clay. Inscribed [Annotated] contract dated in reign of Ishme-Dagan. Year when I.D. the king set up a throne for Enlil (and) a shrine of gold weighing?. +7 shekels. (Same forumla as U.352)
165 (none) (none) (none) Tablet. Baked clay. Inscribed (corner chipped) [Annotated] account tablet dated in reign of Ishme-Dagan.
166 (none) (none) B15616 Tablet. Unbaked clay. Frs of Inscribed and with seal impressions.
169 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Inscribed. [Annotated] Inscription of Ur-Engur recording his digging of a canal. Duplicates U. 202, U.526, U. 722, c.j.872 [Annotated] Placed in IN/No4
170 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Unbaked. Inscribed. [Annotated] Account tablet. Dated. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No 2
171 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Fr of. Inscribed: [Annotated] Account Tablet.
175 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Fr. of Top only with ends of lines. [Annotated] Inscription probably of Ur-Engur. [Annotated] Thrown out
185 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Top broken off. Inscription [Annotated] of Ur-Engur, perhaps a duplicate of SAKI p.188, Connagel A. See U.201 [Annotated] Placed in IN/No4
186 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Unbaked but well dried and in good state virtually intact. Inscription: [Annotated] Contract tablet dated in the 7th year of Bur-Sin I.
187 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Large, fragment of upper part. Inscr.
188 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone.Fr of. Inscription: [Annotated] Probably of Kudur-Mabug, as it mentions buildings in honor of Nannar built "for his own life and for the life of Arad-Sin King of Larsa." [Annotated] Records K-M's building of Ga-nun-mah in gratitude for victory granted by Nammar over the cities of Mashgan-Sabra and Kar-Shamash, and dedicated on behalf of K-M himself and his son Warad-Sin, King of Larsa. [Annotated] Duplicated U.212, U.217, U.325, U.333, U.861-70, U.919 [Annotated] Placed in IN/No.3
189 (none) (none) (none) Unbaked clay tablets, fragments of . Inscr.
201 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Lower part. Inscr. [Annotated] of Ur-Engur recording the building of E-temen-ni-il. See SAKI p.188 Tonnagal A. [Annotated] Duplicates: U.214, U.204, U.185, U.243A, U.228, U.229, U.300, U.297, U.301, U.161, U.527, U.528, U.529, U.530, U.531, U.533, U.557, U.701, U.717, U.746-8, U.871, U. 937, U.345, U.326, U.436, U.115 [referencing other sites] [Annotated] Placed in IN/No 4
202 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Fragment. Inscription: recording of the building of the canal of Ur. Duplicate of 169 [probably U.169]. Placed in IN/No. 4 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
203 52-30-271 (none) (none) Clay tablet. Complete. [Annotated] Contract tablet concerning a deal in corn, of the Persian [crossed out] Kassite period dated to the 4th year of Kash-tili(ash)
204 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Base. Inscr. [Annotated] of Ur-Engur. Duplicate of 201. [Annotated] Scrapped [Annotated] Placed in IN/No 4
205 (none) (none) (none) Clay tablet. Complete. [Annotated] Reads 15 garments, price 4 minas 4 shekel 15 grams. Sumerian or First Dynasty. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No 2.
212 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Fr of base of, With remains of inscription below. [Annotated] Building inscription of Kudur-Mabug of U.188. [Annotated] Placed in IN.No. 3
213 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Fr of the tip only with traces of inscription. [Annotated] Not inscribed. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No2 [Crossed out] Thrown Out
214 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Fr of tip only with ends of lines of inscription. [Annotated] Ur-Engur inscription probably duplicated of U.201. [Annotated] Placed in IN/No. 4. Scrapped
217 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Upper part. With most of text preserved. [Annotated] Inscription of Kudur-Mabug in the Sumerian language similar in terms to the brick inscription, but fuller. Duplicate of U.188. [Annotated] Placed in IN/ No. 3.
290 (none) (none) (none) Bottom right-hand quarter of large closely inscribed tablet of New Babylonian or Persian period containing omens. Includes an important list of gods and their spouses. Begins [Cuneiform] Ends [Cuneiform] Placed in IN/No2
291 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Broken top of Traces of ends of lines. Placed in IN/No.2 [crossed out] Thrown out
292 (none) (none) (none) Clay cone. Top of Inscribed with illegible inscription of Ur-Engur. Placed in IN/No.2 [crossed out] Thrown out

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