Brick
B16461
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B16461 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Period | Ur III |
| Date Made | ca. 2112-2095 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Clay |
| Inscription Language | Sumerian Language |
| Description | CBS Register: Brick. Ur-Nammu. Walls of Ur, print of a dog's foot. 4th Expedition. No "b" on the field number in the register. Behrens: Urnammu 9 (Walker Brick Inscription Nr. 18). Man and Animals: "ca. 2100 BC. A dog walked across this brick as it lay drying in teh sun when it was being made. The brick is stamped with an inscription which tells that "Ur-Nammu, the king of Ur, has built his temple for Nanna, his Lord. He (Ur-Nammu) has (also) built the (city) wall of Ur for him." " |
| Height | 8.5 cm |
| Length | 34 cm |
| Width | 34 cm |
| Depth | 9 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1926 |
| Other Number | U.2624b - Field No SF | P227103 - CDLI Number |
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