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)
18278	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. Presentation scene with seated goddess and 2 standing figures.
18274	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. Presentation scene, standing god and 2 other standing figures.
17336	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. White. Fragment. Presentation scene - 2 figures standing before a seated god.
7116	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. Yellowish. Linear decoration. 2 registers. Before 3000 BC. B.
2993	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Soapstone III Ur Dynasty. Weather worn. [drawing]
3324	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Soapstone. About BC 2800. Winged gate on crouching bull [drawing]
2529	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Soapstone. Slightly concave. Recut. Rough inscription added. [inscription represented here] Perhaps, sal-me zu: thy salme. A special class of votary. The scene represents an introduction to a seated goddess. About 2400 BC. Inscription more recent. [drawing]
17663	(none)	1932,1008.156	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite, black. 2 lions and 2 gazelles heraldically arranged; a star between the gazelles.
17763	32-40-329	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Obscured; 2 lines of inscription. Adoring figure of goddess separated by star on staff.
17745	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. 2 men fighting lion; 2 lines of inscription.
17707	(none)	1932,1008.161	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. 2 men fighting lion; inscription containing royal name.
17738	(none)	1932,1008.159	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. 2 standing figures; crescent on staff.
17328	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. One human figure thus [drawing] and a small animal (?) roughly incised.
7897	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Steatite. Black. 2 spread eagles. Reversed and undulating toothed band running between them and round the body of the seal.
7122	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. 2 worshippers and palm branch rising out of vase. Inscribed. 2300 BC. B.
17332	31-43-17	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Fragment. 3 geese (?).
17333	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Fragment. Unpierced. Hero fighting a rampant lion.
7640	(none)	1928,1009.43	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Inscribed? In the middle a palm tree rising from a font, on either side of the font a snake? head touching the basin. Also, on either side of the font a male figure one hand upraised as if in ceremony. Possibly the curved markings at the side of the font may represent running water or handles fixed at the top and free below. cf. U.7628.
7121	(none)	(none)	B16289	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Palm branch between 2 worshippers, who hold hand upraised. Attributes: Crescent moon, Rampant Lion. 2400 BC. E.
17307	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene before a seated god. Crescenet moon, bird, scorpion.
7898	(none)	1928,1010.243	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene to seated Nannar. Minor deity leads votary by the hand. Criss-cross markings. IIIrd Ur Dynasty.
17320	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene, two figures, one introducing the other to a crescent which stands upon a pole.
17312	(none)	1931,1010.26	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene. 3 standing figures.
17324	(none)	1931,1010.40	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Theriomachy. Figures roughly cut.
17314	31-43-63	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Unpierced. Unfinished. A reserve for an inscription which has not been inserted.