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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)
16939D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of nude female with hands below breasts. (A) Complete. (B) Broken but complete except for feet; (C) Broken away at knees, poor cast. (D) Broken away at knees, poor cast; (E) Complete, the legs cut apart after moulding (F) Complete; (G) Mould taken only to navel and the cast then rounded off (probably same mould poor); (H) Complete (as above). All the above are of very lightly fired clay, red or yellowish grey, and form a group distinct from nearly all the other terracottas. They might be modern casts from an ancient mould. Type III c.Y
16939E	(none)	1931,1010.457	(none)	Terracotta relief of nude female with hands below breasts. (A) Complete. (B) Broken but complete except for feet; (C) Broken away at knees, poor cast. (D) Broken away at knees, poor cast; (E) Complete, the legs cut apart after moulding (F) Complete; (G) Mould taken only to navel and the cast then rounded off (probably same mould poor); (H) Complete (as above). All the above are of very lightly fired clay, red or yellowish grey, and form a group distinct from nearly all the other terracottas. They might be modern casts from an ancient mould. Type III c.Y
16939F	(none)	1931,1010.443	(none)	Terracotta relief of nude female with hands below breasts. (A) Complete. (B) Broken but complete except for feet; (C) Broken away at knees, poor cast. (D) Broken away at knees, poor cast; (E) Complete, the legs cut apart after moulding (F) Complete; (G) Mould taken only to navel and the cast then rounded off (probably same mould poor); (H) Complete (as above). All the above are of very lightly fired clay, red or yellowish grey, and form a group distinct from nearly all the other terracottas. They might be modern casts from an ancient mould. Type III c.Y
16939G	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of nude female with hands below breasts. (A) Complete. (B) Broken but complete except for feet; (C) Broken away at knees, poor cast. (D) Broken away at knees, poor cast; (E) Complete, the legs cut apart after moulding (F) Complete; (G) Mould taken only to navel and the cast then rounded off (probably same mould poor); (H) Complete (as above). All the above are of very lightly fired clay, red or yellowish grey, and form a group distinct from nearly all the other terracottas. They might be modern casts from an ancient mould. Type III c.Y
1235	(none)	1924,0920.76	(none)	Terracotta relief of mother and child similar to preceding number.
17163	(none)	1931,1010.423	(none)	Terracotta relief of goddess seated right on 2 geese. (A) Fragment only. From waist downward = good. [drawing]
17101	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of god and goddess advancing side by side. Type I.a.c.b. (A) Fragment, the 2 pipers from the waist up. Type I.a. C.b.
17101A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of god and goddess advancing side by side. Type I.a.c.b. (A) Fragment, the 2 pipers from the waist up. Type I.a. C.b.
18614	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of female figure, hands meeting below the breasts which are bare. Hair arranged in three large bunches heavy ruff, as necklace round the neck and close-fitting garment round thighs. Broken above the knees.
17181	(none)	1931,1010.435	(none)	Terracotta relief of female figure wearing kaukenes or flounced skirt, hands clasped below breast. (A) Much worn impression broken away at knees.
18615	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of female figure standing with hands clasped below breasts, wearing tall headdress with two large side curls, necklace round the neck, and a girdle round the waist. Full length.
18214	(none)	1933,1013.184	(none)	Terracotta relief of draped standing goddess, full faced: wearing long flounced dress and horned crown, hands at breasts. Intact, and in good condition, only the face rather worn.
17162	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of draped female figure advancing left. (A) Head missing. [drawing 1:1]
17175	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of bearded man, full face, draped, carrying a mace in left hand and an axe (?) in right. (A) Fragment, broken away above knees. [drawing 1:1]
17160	31-43-442	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of bearded man standing full faced with clasped hands. Wearing a long flounced garment. (A) Complete, but face broken away. [drawing]
17168A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of bearded man draped: hands clasped in part of breast, one hand holding an axe. (A) Fragment, broken away below hands.
17177	(none)	1931,1010.422	(none)	Terracotta relief of bearded god, full face: wears horned cap, carrying a mace in each hand. (A) Fragment, broken off at hips.
17178	31-43-452	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of bearded god, full face the left hand raised and holding a bird (?). The right by the side. (A) Fragment, broken off at hips.
16974	31-43-657	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of a woman, draped, advancing left with rt arm extended. (A) fragment: right hand and all figure below hips missing. Type XIII.5
17157	31-43-424	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief of a man driving a lion. (A) Complete, except for back legs of lion and legs of man. : fair impression
12761	31-16-768	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief moulded. Nude female figure holding her breasts. Broken off below the knees. [drawing 1:1]
17127A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief god and goddess, both wearing long garments with pleated flounces, each with an arm about the other; full face. (A) Complete except for corner of field. Red clay. (B) Complete, poor impression white clay. [drawing 1:1]
17127B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief god and goddess, both wearing long garments with pleated flounces, each with an arm about the other; full face. (A) Complete except for corner of field. Red clay. (B) Complete, poor impression white clay. [drawing 1:1]
1233	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief apparently showing a standing god with hands clasped at waist. In much worn condition and almost obliterated.
518	(none)	(none)	B15184	Terracotta relief - Complete: greenish pottery. 2 male fig. advancing front. Each has tall feather(?) head-dress, long hair curled over ears, Semitic nose, long beard arranged in 3 rows of short curls and +long straight hair to a point: the right arm by the side, l. across body with in hand the litnus: drapery to knees, crossing legs diagonally. Behind, two legs to make the relief stand upright.