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)
1772	(none)	1924,0920.377	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay, female, nude,. Head, trunk and thighs only. [drawing 1:1]
1773	(none)	1924,0920.372	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay, robed and bearded: head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1]
1771	(none)	1924,0920.370	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Female with headdress and flounced skirt. [drawing 1:1]
1767	(none)	1924,0920.376	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Female, nude, upright, feet broken. [drawing 1:1]
1778	(none)	(none)	B15688	Figurine. Drab clay. Head and shoulders only, with headdress. [drawing 1:1]
1774	(none)	1924,0920.381	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Head only, tiered headdress. [drawing 1:1]
1784	(none)	(none)	B15637	Figurine. Drab clay. Male, bearded and mitred bearing maces. Head and torso only. [drawing 1:1]
1775	(none)	1924,0920.371	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Male, head and torso only. Bearded and mitred. [drawing 1:1]
1371	(none)	1924,0920.59	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Moulded. Female figure, nude, with necklace.
1332	(none)	(none)	B15638	Figurine. Drab clay. Moulded. Nude bearded figure holding jar, god Ea(?) as in U.1331. P.
2551	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Nude female suckling child; and legs missing. [drawing 1:1]
2513	(none)	1935,0113.48	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Nude female, head and torso only. [drawing 1:1]
2517	(none)	1935,0113.49	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Nude female, head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1]
2533	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Seated figure with flounced dress, stars either side and dog at right foot, and monkey to left. Upper part missing. [drawing 1:1]
1377	(none)	(none)	B15647	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded figure, chair modeled. Bearded figure with headdress, seated facing. P
1347	(none)	1924,0920.65	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, broken away at knees. Female figure, nude, with headdress, necklace (3 or 4-fold) and belt.
1348	(none)	1924,0920.90	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, feet broken. Nude female figure.
1376	(none)	1924,0920.79	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, the chair modeled. Female figure seated on chair (facing) holding cup in right hand.
1329	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded. Broken away below knees. Bearded figure, with plaited locks, holding an emblem in each hand.
1537	(none)	(none)	B15667	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded. Female figure holding circular object like U.1374. P.
1529	(none)	(none)	B15679	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded. Female figure with necklace, partly clothed, with flat headdress. Legs broken. P.
1553	(none)	(none)	B15663	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded. Female figure, nude, with 4-strand necklace; feet broken off. P.
1609	31-16-875	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay; modeled. Female(?) figure with cross-belt (or bandoliers) - legs not indicated: head missing.
1722	(none)	1924,0920.63	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay; moulded. Female figure, clothed, with high headdress and flounced skirt.
1613	(none)	1924,0920.78	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay; moulded. Figure with skirt to knees, legs in profile, carrying axe (?) over right shoulder; head missing.