Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 10.4.3.23

10.4.3.23

tadāhuḥ kathamu tā atra na sampaśyatīti na hyenā abhijuhotyāhutyā vā iṣṭakā sarvā kṛtsnā bhavatīti

As to this they say, 'Why, then, do they not take into account here those (of Nirriti's altar)?' Because he makes no offering on them, for it is by offering that a brick becomes whole and complete.