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2021 BCE
Artifact
"King Ur-Nammu rebuilt and enlarged one of the most important temples in ancient Mesopotamia - the E-kur of Enlil, the chief god of the pantheon. This figurine, which was buried in a foundation box beneath one of the temple towers, represents the king at the start of the building project - carrying on his head a basket of clay from which would be made the critically important first brick."
I found this from https://oi.uchicago.edu/collections/highlights/highlights-collection-mesopotamia