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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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
1538 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Female figure with threefold necklace. Broken off below waist.
1539 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Red-brown clay: moulded. Female figure, nude, with necklace. The feet broken off.
1540A (none) (none) (none) Box. Red drab clay. Adorned with spotted snakes in relief. One end and most of one side broken away, remaining portion broken in 2 pieces (A and B) [drawing: not to scale]
1541A (none) (none) (none) Box lid. Red clay, with boss handle and adorned with snakes. Part missing, the remainder in 2 pieces (A and B). Found with and probably belonging to box U.1540. [drawing: not to scale]
1543 (none) (none) (none) Mace head. White hard stone (marble?). Incised with 3 vertical bands of 3 lines each. Chipped. [drawing 1:1]
1544 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Standing deity (Marduk) and seated deity with altar between and tree at back.
1545 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Black stone. With figures faintly distinguishable.
1546 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White stone. Human figure and lion(?)
1547 (none) (none) (none) Stone Duck Weight. White limestone. (Weathered0 Type VI
1548 (none) (none) (none) Weight (?) of white stone or marble; elongated oval in shape; pierced horizontally through greatest breadth. Type II
1553 (none) (none) B15663 Figurine. Drab clay: moulded. Female figure, nude, with 4-strand necklace; feet broken off. P.
1556 (none) (none) (none) Arrow sharpener. grey stone. Irregular shape, polished on 2 sides. [drawing 1:5]
1557 (none) (none) B15758 Bronze ring. Plain circle. P.
1558 (none) (none) (none) Amulet. Cross. White chert. Perhaps originally glazed; pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
1565 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Drab clay; moulded. Head broken off. Female figure in flounced dress, sitting on chair, in profile. Like U.1375.
1566 (none) (none) B15651 Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay: moulded. Female(?) figure with headdress and garment on left shoulder, the right arm raised. P.
1567 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only, Greenish clay; moulded. Female figure, holding lance in each hand, two crescents above.
1570 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Fragment, from below waist upwards only. White clay; moulded. Female figure with necklace, and with hair in curls.
1571 33-35-29 (none) (none) Clay figurine fragment of, head and shoulders; drab clay; moulded. Bearded figure with turban-like headdress, holding animal to his breast, the head of which only remains. Height c. M. 0.066
1572 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Fragment, torso only. Greenish clay: modeled Male figure with crescent at right shoulder and bandolier over left.
1573 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Legs and arms missing. Drab clay. modeled. Male figure, in sitting position (or riding)
1574 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Fragment, torso only. Greenish clay; modeled. Rude female figure with necklace, hands supporting breasts.
1575 (none) (none) (none) Mask. Fragmentary. Lower part of the face only; drab clay. Grotesque face.
1576 (none) (none) (none) Ring. Plain circle, thin gold; probably part of an ornament. [drawing]
1577 (none) (none) (none) Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay; moulded. Female figure holding circular object, like U.1344.

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Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period 1976 Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan (none)
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