Diqdiqqeh | DQ - UrOnline

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Context Title:	Diqdiqqeh \| DQ
Context Name (Publication):	Diqdiqqeh
Context Name (Excavation):	Digdiggah; DQ
Context Name (Excavation):	Railway site
Context Description:	Essentially a suburb of the ancient city, this area is located about 2 km to the northeast of the ziggurat of Ur. The precise extents of Diqdiqqeh were never defined, but Woolley referred to it as the low ground between the main railway line and the branch that went to Nasiriyeh. The train lines no longer run in the same place they did in Woolley's day, but Corona images allow us to recreate their paths. This makes the general boundaries west, south, and east somewhat known but how far it stretched north is not completely clear. From the first season workers walking across this area picked up surface finds and brought them to Woolley. At that time the location did not have a fixed name in Woolley's mind and thus first season references sometimes say 'near the railway' or 'near Munshid's water engine.' In the second season Woolley decided to investigate more systematically, but after two days of excavation he decided there was not enough remaining architecture to reward further work. Instead, he continued to allow the workers to gather finds over the next ten seasons, and many later catalog cards state "brought in: Diqdiqqeh" The finds from Diqdiqqeh indicate that the ancient suburb played a role in manufacturing and perhaps in commerce. Canals seem to have met in the area and boats may have unloaded goods here. Many figurines, tools, moulds and other crafting items are among the finds, suggesting that Diqdiqqeh may have been an industrial area away from the main habitation. The so-called Treasury of Sin-Iddinam was also excavated in this general area in season 5. In the Antiquaries Journal of January 1925, Woolley described Diqdiqqeh as follows: A mile and a half NE. of the ziggurat, between the main railway line and the Nasiriyah branch, there is a patch of low-lying ground, occasionally cultivated, which the natives call Diqdiqqeh... a happy hunting-ground for treasure-seekers, and I took advantage of this fact to collect from the natives the scattered antiquities which they might bring to light.
Season Number:	01: 1922-1923

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
1252	(none)	(none)	B15708	Clay model, a child's toy representing a man mounted upon a horse, which has two heads looking towards each other. The upper part of the rider is broken, and the reins(?) are represented in a curious manner. The whole stands on a clay base with holes for wheels and for a string to pull it along. P. [drawing]
1270	(none)	(none)	B15724	Clay monkey. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. P. [drawing 1:1]
1269	(none)	1924,0920.176	(none)	Clay monkey. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
18371	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay mould for making Puzuzu-head glazed beads: on the side of it an inscription.
17603	(none)	1932,1008.251	(none)	Clay mould for nude female figure (broken and mended).
16929A	31-43-90	(none)	(none)	Clay mould. (A) For a female head in profile, high relief: head with filletted and braided hair, looking right (in impression): rows of necklaces. Full face, rather pleasing and not like the usual Sumerian type. (B) For a bearded male figure, draped, standing in profile facing left (in impression) with hands clasped on breast. Very fine work, bold and yet delicate, perhaps goldsmiths moulds: the female head is best suited to such technique as gold-working. Brought in together and said to have been found together.
16929B	31-43-89	(none)	(none)	Clay mould. (A) For a female head in profile, high relief: head with filletted and braided hair, looking right (in impression): rows of necklaces. Full face, rather pleasing and not like the usual Sumerian type. (B) For a bearded male figure, draped, standing in profile facing left (in impression) with hands clasped on breast. Very fine work, bold and yet delicate, perhaps goldsmiths moulds: the female head is best suited to such technique as gold-working. Brought in together and said to have been found together.
18086	32-40-45	(none)	(none)	Clay mould. For making figurines. Goddess wearing a flat low headdress. Fragment: only the head and ahoulders left.
9323	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Pazuzu Head [drawing] 1:1
17182	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay phallus. Broken off from some object, perhaps a vase. It is hollow with a very minute hole at the top: circumcised. Two hands grasp it at the base. [drawing 1:1]
2784	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Buff ware with round base and pronounced shoulders. Type CXLVII =RC.41 (not p)
894	(none)	(none)	B15380	Clay pot. Drab clay. Wheelmade. Type LVII, but squatter. Not p.
2540	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Greenish drab ware. Type CXXII =RC.83 (not p)
2848	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Handmade miniature of reddish drab ware. Sketch pattern 1:1 [drawing 1:1]
3128	(none)	1927,1003.138	(none)	Clay pot. Head made of drab ware with scalloped shoulders. Sketch pattern 1:2. Type as U.1036. [drawing 1:2]
2723	(none)	1927,1003.119	(none)	Clay pot. Miniature, of wheel-made buff ware. Lip broken. Type CXXXV = RC.131 =P108b
2541	29-174-10	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Pinkish drab clay, with broken mouth. Type CXXIII.
2633	(none)	1927,1003.137	(none)	Clay pot. Pinkish drab ware. Handmade. Type CXXVM. (not p)
893	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Reddish clay with drab engobbage. Wheelmade. Type LVII. =RC.75. not P.
2664	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Reddish vase, miniature, handmade. [drawing 1:1]
2786	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Reddish ware with wide mouth and rounded base. Type CXI =RC.11 (not p)
17186	31-43-353	(none)	(none)	Clay ram's head. Hand modelled, the fleece done in applique (snowman technique). [drawing]
997	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Rattle of Greenish white clay. Pierced across, rim double and scalloped. [drawing]
6864	(none)	1927,0527.249	(none)	Clay rattle. Common type. Nobbed decoration round rims. E.
17604	(none)	1932,1008.243	(none)	Clay relief (chair-back). Male and female figure. [Drawing 1:1]