Mudbrick stamp
The mudbrick stamp or brick seal of
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
The brick stamping mold for
Utu, as a foundation deposit
for the god's temple, the Ebbabar.
Gallery
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Ancient Egypt
later clayseal impression, Dynasty 26, with name of an undetermined king Psamtik
Ancient Roman bricks
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Ancient Roman brick, with inscription
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