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Mudbrick

Mudbrick is brick made of mud[?].

The Sumerians used plano-convex mudbrick. Such bricks were formed in a square mold and rounded so that the center was thicker than the ends. These bricks were usually sunbaked, although occasionally fired in a stone kiln.

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