Sir Leonard Woolley, who directed the systematic excavation of Ur, points out that in Abraham’s time most houses there were built of brick, with plastered and whitewashed walls.
मसलन, यहाँ का एक अमीर निवासी दुमंज़िली इमारत में रहता था जिसके बीच पत्थरों से बना एक आँगन था ।