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)
1378	(none)	1924,0920.102	(none)	Mould. Reddish grey clay, for figurines of nude females with necklace and belt. Top of head broken.
1379	(none)	1924,0920.104	(none)	Mould. Fragment. Drab clay. For nude female figure, waist upwards only, remainder broken away.
1380	(none)	1935,0113.36	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Waist upwards only, drab clay: moulded. Female figure with high double headdress (weathered).
1381	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards. Red clay: moulded. Nude female figure, with hair dressed in curls.
1382	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Yellow clay: moulded, broken away below waist. Female figure.
1383	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards. Drab clay. Moulded. Bearded figure with horned headdress.
1384	(none)	1924,0920.93	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, from below waist upwards only; drab clay: moulded. Figure with horned headdress.
1385	(none)	1924,0920.113	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Reddish clay: moulded. Bearded figure, with high headdress, the head in profile, and arms folded.
1386	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only; red drab clay. Rudely modeled figure, with eyes separately attached.
1387	31-16-832	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Nude female figure, chipped, and feet broken off.
1390	31-16-806	(none)	(none)	Drab clay fragment. Skirt of seated figure between 2 birds. Moulded.
1391	(none)	1924,0920.383	(none)	Drab clay fragment. Relief of 2 birds facing each other branches. Moulded.
1392	(none)	(none)	B15643	Drab clay relief. Moulded. 2 figures standing, wearing flounced skirts, one with horned headdress. Crescent of moon and stars above. P.
1393	(none)	1924,0920.70	(none)	Drab clay relief. Moulded figures. 2 figures seated side by side (on modeled seat) clothed, but one shoulder of each bare, extending each an arm towards the other. Crescent moon (?) above.
1394	(none)	1935,0113.37	(none)	Drab clay. Fragment. Moulded. Heads of 2 figures, one with horned headdress.
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.
1406	(none)	(none)	B15694	Mask. Red drab clay. Moulded. Grotesque head.
1407	(none)	1924,0920.94	(none)	Mask. Red clay: moulded. Grotesque head.
1408	(none)	1924,0920.49	(none)	Mask. Black stone. Small grotesque head; pierced for suspension.
1409	(none)	(none)	B15725	Mask. Faience, traces of blue glaze. Small grotesque head. P.
1410	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Hematite. Introduction to a god seated facing right. Inscription in 2 lines obliterated.
1411	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black marble (?) Eagle with outspread wings clutching the backs of 2 rampant ibexes which turn their heads backward. Between the heads of the 2 creatures is a palm-tree or symbol. No inscription.
1412	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Bluish-black marble. Introduction to a god, seated right, with crescent moon before him. Space for inscription left blank..
1413	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, broken. With device of the owner being led forward, facing left, to the presence of a deity who stands with left leg raised (upon a mountain?) and holds a spear in left hand. Traces only of inscription.
1414	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. Introduction to a god seated right with crescent moon before him. Space for inscription blank.