Mudbrick stamp

The mudbrick stamp or brick seal of Mesopotamia are impression or stamp seals made upon bricks or mudbrick. The inscribed seal is in mirror reverse on the 'mold', mostly with cuneiform inscriptions, and the foundation mudbricks are often part of the memorializing of temples, or other structures, as part of a "foundation deposit", a common honoring or invocation to a specific god or protector.

Example mudbrick seal

Brick "stamp mold" for the King of Larsa, Sin-Iddinam. (for Sun God, Utu, foundation deposit of temple)

The brick stamping mold for Sin-Iddinam of Larsa is housed in the Louvre. It is a nearly complete mold, with an inscription in cuneiform to the Sun God, Utu, as a foundation deposit for the god's temple, the Ebbabar.

Gallery

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  Ancient Egypt
  later clay seal impression, Dynasty 26, with name of an undetermined king Psamtik

Ancient Roman bricks

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  Ancient Roman brick, with inscription

External links

• High Res photo of stamp from Mesopotamia; Article
• Dig site with stamped mudbrick