Master builder

A  or master mason is a central figure leading projects in pre-modern times (a precursor to the modern architect and engineer).

Quotes

 * When the master-builder has taken up the work concerned, he is to re-establish securely any place where the fortification has fallen into ruins. Let him reinforce and also rebuild it.
 * Variant: The master builder has taken up his work. Where substantial work has been neglected, let him return to it. He is to reinforce and rebuild it.
 * Shulgi to Puzur-Culgi, the commander of the fortress Igi-hursaja. Letter from Shulgi to Puzur-Shulgi about work on the fortress Igi-hursanga, Correspondence of the Kings of Ur, Old Babylonian period, ca. 1800-1600 BCE, at ; their original date of composition and their historical accuracy are debated.