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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)
6560	(none)	(none)	B16361	Tool Green stone. One sharp edge. [drawing 1:1]
2990	(none)	1927,1003.153	(none)	Terracotta. Two figures, one larger than other holding one vase. Both stand upon beasts. [drawing 1:1]
2792	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta. God and goddess fully dressed: goddess' right arm around the god, and vice versa: dress flounced. Sketch: rough 1:2. [drawing 1:2]
16920	31-43-463	(none)	(none)	Terracotta. A disk with 2 short legs: on the top of it, the head and arms of a woman with breast in front; hand modeled and very rough. [drawing 1:1]
1214	(none)	1924,0920.110	(none)	Terracotta, moulded in three-quarter round. Figure of bearded god from waist upwards, hands clasped.
3015	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta stool. Miniature, with rough rush design. [drawing 1:1]
6915	(none)	(none)	B16256	Terracotta statuette. Female: full face, dressed in close fitting skirt and holding a high-necked vase against waist in left hand, Right arm bent at elbow and slightly upraised. Skirt which is close fitting is embroidered at the bottom and tasseled down right side. Short sleeves reaching elbows only. Female wears necklace, short hair done up in clusters at sides. E. [drawing 1:1]
6564	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta snake. Fragmentary.
17129	(none)	1931,1010.456	(none)	Terracotta relieg of god and goddess advancing full front each with an arm about the other. They both wear long dresses with pleated flounces. (A) Fragment, broken off across the middle. [drawing 1:1]
18611	(none)	1933,1013.183	(none)	Terracotta relief. Woman squatting holding a baby to her left breast, she wears headdress of ribbed material.
16954	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Woman draped, seated, and suckling an infant. (1)[A] broken off above knees; poor. [drawing 1:1]
1008A	(none)	1923,1110.100	(none)	Terracotta relief. Whitish clay. Moulded, female figure, nude with hands to breasts bead necklace, organs dotted, big earrings and very prominent features. Lower part of leg missing but feet preserved separately.
17124	(none)	1931,1010.451	(none)	Terracotta relief. Two seated goddesses (?) or women, one large and holding a pot to her breast: she wears a large garment with pleasted flounces and is bare-headed: the other beside her is similar but much small. (A) Complete but much worn. (B) [No description] Type Ib.D.
18032	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Two figures: on left a goddess wearing plain garment faces right and embraces a bearded god. Fragment only upper part of goddess and arm and shoulder of god present.
18029	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Two figures. In front, a bearded god in long plain dress advancing right; behind him a goddess in pleated dress, with her arm round his neck. Complete.
17154	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Two female figures holding staffs on which are birds, between which are crescents on staffs. Worn and defaced. [drawing 1:1]
17151	31-43-456	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Two deities, a god and goddess, facing each other. Both wear the long dress with pleated flounces. (A) Complete except for feet. [drawing 1:1]
17134A	(none)	1931,1010.432	(none)	Terracotta relief. Two bull-legged demons facing each other and holding upright staffs like palm logs. (A) Fragment = head missing. [drawing 1:1]
17134	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Two bull-legged demons facing each other and holding upright staffs like palm logs. (A) Fragment = head missing. [drawing 1:1]
18621	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Two birds facing each other in a panel with some [referencing drawing] shaped object between the necks. [drawing]
18030	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Two bearded gods advancing side by side and carrying the litnus. Fragment, missing below, from shoulder of left figure to knees of right figure.
18027A	(none)	1932,1008.242	(none)	Terracotta relief. Triad of gods, seated full face. On the sides - goddess and a god in long pleated garments, in the middle a small nude female figure holding her breasts. (A) Complete. (B) Complete: exactly similar but from a smaller mould (or shrunk).
18027B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Triad of gods, seated full face. On the sides - goddess and a god in long pleated garments, in the middle a small nude female figure holding her breasts. (A) Complete. (B) Complete: exactly similar but from a smaller mould (or shrunk).
18700	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Standing goddess, full face, on each side of her a very small figure holding a tall cross.
16966	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Standing draped figure. (A) Head missing. [drawing 1:1]