Editing Lagash (section)

====The 4HB Building====
[[File:3-D reconstruction of Area B by Dcldeobi (Back).png|thumb|450x450px|3-D reconstruction of Area B by Dcldeobi (Back)]]
The excavators discovered five building levels. The layout of 4HB V cannot be obtained due to limited exploration. 4HB IV-4HB I shared the same layout. 4HB IVB was the first level that was exposed completely.<ref name="Ashby 2017 86" /> 
{| class="wikitable"
! Building Level
! Building Material<ref name="Ashby 2017 86" />
! Occupation Period<ref name="Ashby 2017 86" />
! Notes<ref name="Ashby 2017 86" />
|-
|4HB V
|Plano-convex bricks
|ED III

(Evidence from pottery)
|
|-
|4HB IVA
|Plano-convex bricks
|ED III

(Evidence from pottery)
|
|-
|4HB IVB
|Plano-convex bricks
|ED IIIB
|Dimensions:

4HB Building: 23 x 14m

|-
|4HB III
|Plano-convex bricks
|ED IIIB – Late Akkadian
|
|-
|4HB II
|Plano-convex bricks
|Late – Post-Akkadian
|
|-
|4HB I
|Plano-convex bricks

and flat, square bricks
|[[Gudea]]’s rule
|
|}
It has been suggested that the 4HB Building is a brewery as ovens and storage vats and a tablet mentioning “the brewery” and “a brewer” were found.<ref name="Hansen" /> An alternate proposal is that 4HB building is a kitchen as it shared lots of similarities with temple kitchens at [[Ur]] and [[Nippur]].<ref name="Ashby 2017 86" />