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)
1484	(none)	1924,0920.139	(none)	Miniature pot. Drab clay; handmade. [drawing 1:1]
1749	(none)	1924,0920.138	(none)	Miniature vase. Handmade. Light reddish clay. Cf. RC.188 and 231
1514	(none)	1924,0920.137	(none)	Jar-stopper(?) red drab clay; egg-cup shape, unsymmetrical. [drawing 1:1]
1740	(none)	1924,0920.136	(none)	Miniature bowl. Hand-made. Flat-bottomed.
1739	(none)	1924,0920.135	(none)	Miniature vase. Light drab clay. Handmade. Cf. RC.83c [drawing]
1479	(none)	1924,0920.134	(none)	Miniature jar. Light clay, handmade. [drawing 1:1]
1480	(none)	1924,0920.133	(none)	Miniature jar. Red clay, handmade. With cord pattern around shoudler. [drawing 1:1]
1483	(none)	1924,0920.132	(none)	Miniature pot. Drab clay; handmade. With suspension handles and incised line decoration part of surface and one handle broken away. [drawing 1:1]
1542	(none)	1924,0920.131	(none)	Pot. Red drab clay; handmade. With double neck, and suspension hole, between the 2 openings. [drawing 2:5]
1752	(none)	1924,0920.130	(none)	Rattle. Clay. Normal type, two serrated wheels.
1452	(none)	1924,0920.129	(none)	Wheel shaped rattle. Light drab clay; with small hole on one side.
1228	(none)	1924,0920.128	(none)	Clay model of a bird, with conventional leg like a vase, the neck broken off. A child's rattle wings rendered by cross-hatching on back. A hole pierced under tail. [drawing]
1444	(none)	1924,0920.127	(none)	Rattle. Red drab clay. Animal, with two humps, head and legs broken off.
1442	(none)	1924,0920.126	(none)	Rattle. Light clay. Pig. Snout broken off.
1293	(none)	1924,0920.125	(none)	Clay wheel. Red clay. Like U.1290.
1257	(none)	1924,0920.124	(none)	Clay model of wheel; light buff color.
1290	(none)	1924,0920.124	(none)	Clay wheel. Drab clay, with foliated edge; pierced through central boss. [drawing 1:1]
1629	(none)	1924,0920.124	(none)	Chariot. Fragment. Red clay. Pierced for axle and pole, and having incised triangle ornament in front. [drawing]
1259	(none)	1924,0920.123	(none)	Clay model of a bellum: owl end broken
1731	(none)	1924,0920.121	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Fragment. On a sort of tray, two miniature couchant lions. Cf. U.1227, which is certainly of the same subject.
1615	(none)	1924,0920.120	(none)	Stool. Drab clay. With 4 legs, and with moulded herring-bone pattern on the seat.
1395	(none)	1924,0920.118	(none)	Fragment. (probably a vase) Reddish clay. Incised female figure holding up hands, with neck and head of ostrich on right. Rudely drawn.
1554	(none)	1924,0920.117	(none)	Relief. Fragment from bedstead. Red drab clay; moulded. 2 birds facing each other with stylized fish(?) between them.
1430	(none)	1924,0920.116	(none)	Chair or bedstead. Fragment. Drab clay. Moulded decoration, on upright, of 2 crescents on poles with tree (?) between.
1581	(none)	1924,0920.115	(none)	Chair. Drab clay: moulded. With herring-bone pattern on seat, and 2 birds facing each other, with branches of tree; the back broken and legs broken off.