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)
2795	(none)	1927,1003.21	(none)	Cone of Ur-Engur. Fragment. (Cf. 2595) To Enlil, king of the countries, his king, Ur Engur, reliant hero, king of Ur, of Sumer and Akkad, in Ur. The canal? of Ninni he has dug. H.C.
3225	(none)	1927,1003.207	(none)	Square seal. Diorite. Early Sumerian, Before BC 3200. [drawing]
3359	(none)	1927,1003.203	(none)	Seal cylinder. Diorite. About BC 2500. [drawing]
3084	(none)	1927,1003.202	(none)	Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC 2700. [drawing]
2859	(none)	1927,1003.200	(none)	Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC 2400 [drawing]
2726	(none)	1927,1003.195	(none)	Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC2100 [drawing]
2754	(none)	1927,1003.194	(none)	Seal cylinder. White marble. About BC 2800. Inscription: Da-da-mu = D? dumu Gu-za-na? son of G? [drawing]
3342	(none)	1927,1003.193	(none)	Seal Cylinder. White limestone. Worn. Worshipping the Tree of Life. Assyrian influence BC 1200 (?) [drawing]
2764	(none)	1927,1003.190	(none)	Stone dog. Couchant : of limestone, pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
3030	(none)	1927,1003.188	(none)	Duck. Of white frit originally glazed: pierced for suspension.
2543	(none)	1927,1003.186	(none)	Fish. Glazed frit, with clearly marked scales, pierced. ? Photo of better example [drawing 1:1]
2874	(none)	1927,1003.183	(none)	Roundel of white frit. Originally glazed. Flat pierced behind to take wire for inlay. Glaze gone and object in bad condition. [drawing 1:1]
2865B	(none)	1927,1003.179	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Nude Ishtar standing upon lion. Broken in lion, much defaced. [Drawing 1:1]
3150	(none)	1927,1003.178	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Primitive figure of nude harpist with harp under left arm. Back and hair at back carefully modeled. Sketch 1:2. Photo: 422 (from back). [drawing 1:2]
2871	(none)	1927,1003.177	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female with hands clasped. Head and torso only. [drawing 1:1]
2774	(none)	1927,1003.176	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Female, kneeling with hands on breast: head missing : reddish ware. [drawing 1:1]
3077	(none)	1927,1003.175	(none)	Head of terracotta figurine. Finely modeled head with tall headdress. [drawing 1:1]
2988	(none)	1927,1003.173	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Votaress with clasped hands: adorned with beads. [drawing 1:1]
2869	(none)	1927,1003.172	(none)	Clay figurine. Fragment of right lower arm and leg below knees missing. Curiously negroid type of face. [drawing 1:1]
2775	(none)	1927,1003.171	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Drab ware: female votaress, nude, in attitude of devotion. [drawing 1:1]
3013	(none)	1927,1003.170	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Fragmentary. Presumably fish-god, bearing mace in left hand. One leg exposed. [drawing 1:1]
3284	(none)	1927,1003.169	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Beardless male with flounced dress (or necklaces?) [drawing 1:1]
3153	(none)	1927,1003.168	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Female, clothed, in profile. [drawing 1:1]
2773	(none)	1927,1003.167	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Buff ware: portraying god wearing simplet fillet and carrying flail: sacred animal overhead. [drawing 1:1]
2991	(none)	1927,1003.166	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Male with headgear, in profile: stick in left hand. [drawing 1:1]