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)
1117	(none)	1924,0920.275	(none)	Clay box. Coffin-shaped: adorned with snakes in relief: drab clay. Not to scale. [drawing]
1112	(none)	(none)	B15711	Clay chair. Fragment. grey-drab clay. P. [drawing 1:1]
19482	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone (complete) only the stem inscribed
2595	(none)	1927,1003.49	(none)	Clay cone of Ur-Engur. Fragment. Text: (To En)-lil, king of all countries his king, Ur-Engur, the mighty hero, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad, in? ? The? of Ninni has dug out. Probably a canal. H.C.
1517	(none)	(none)	B15613	Clay cone of Ur-Nammu. Inscription duplicate of U.1515. P.
2553	(none)	1927,1003.44	(none)	Clay cone or nail. Inscribed. Fragment. Probably ISIN or LARSA Dynasty. Historical - Mentions E-SHU-AN-(HA?) KI-SUR-RA, URUK, the Lands? the walls. 2 columns, Column I, 12 lines, half preserved. Column II, 12 lines. H.C.
16584	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment.
1	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cone. Inscribed.
526	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Broken. Enscription of Ur-Engur concerning the canal of Ur. Duplicate of U.169. Placed in IN/No 4
2521A	(none)	1927,1003.22	(none)	Clay cone. Canal inscription of UR-ENGUR. Yellow reddish clay, slightly baked. One complete and two fragments : For Nannar - his king - Ur-Engur - the valiant hero - king of Ur - king of Sumer and Akkad - the ID - NUN (grand canal) - his beloved canal - he has dug out. 11 lines. Ink drawing.
202	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment. Inscription: recording of the building of the canal of Ur. Duplicate of 169 [probably U.169]. Placed in IN/No. 4 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
2520	(none)	1927,1003.36	(none)	Clay cone. greyish color. Inscribed. Fragment. Half of second column. Restoration of temple and ?? III Ur Dynasty. Ink drawing.
1516	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Ur-Nammu, commemorating his construction of the canal of Ur.
1031	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Cullender. Shallow dish form pierced with 3 rows of holes and one central hole. Greenish white clay.
1032	(none)	(none)	B15229	Clay Cullender. Miniature: with flat everted rim.
2693	(none)	1935,0113.53	(none)	Clay dog (?). Fragmentary, in act of barking: legs and tail missing.
1283	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay duck. (head missing) Like U.1280.
1277	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay duck. Light clay. Pierced horizontally for suspension. (head missing) [drawing 1:1]
1278	(none)	1924,0920.177	(none)	Clay duck. Light clay. Pierced horizontally for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
1280	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay duck. Light. Clay. Pierced vertically for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
1279	(none)	(none)	B15721	Clay duck. Like U.1278. P.
1281	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay duck. Like U.1280
1282	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay duck. Like U.1280
17187	(none)	1931,1010.482	(none)	Clay figure of animal entirely covered with small punctured circles. [drawing]
12783	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay figure. Moulded. Seated female figure, full face wearing horned crown and dress in pleated flounces to feet : in background 2 crescent moons.