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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)
16442E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Moulded. Female figure, nude. Type III,e.1. (A) Broken away at knees and in bad condition; (B) Broken away at knees; (C) complete, same figure but from a different mould. Face rubbed all away. (D) Broken away at knees; (E) Feet missing, poor and damaged impression; (F) Head and legs below knees missing.
16442F	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Moulded. Female figure, nude. Type III,e.1. (A) Broken away at knees and in bad condition; (B) Broken away at knees; (C) complete, same figure but from a different mould. Face rubbed all away. (D) Broken away at knees; (E) Feet missing, poor and damaged impression; (F) Head and legs below knees missing.
16443A	(none)	1931,1010.404	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Seated Goddess; type VI,6. (A) Fragment from the clasped hands upwards; (B) Fragment from the clasped hands upwards: (C) Fragment head and shoulders only; (D) Complete except for chip out of left side (broken and mended).
16443B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Seated Goddess; type VI,6. (A) Fragment from the clasped hands upwards; (B) Fragment from the clasped hands upwards: (C) Fragment head and shoulders only; (D) Complete except for chip out of left side (broken and mended).
16443C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Seated Goddess; type VI,6. (A) Fragment from the clasped hands upwards; (B) Fragment from the clasped hands upwards: (C) Fragment head and shoulders only; (D) Complete except for chip out of left side (broken and mended).
16443D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Seated Goddess; type VI,6. (A) Fragment from the clasped hands upwards; (B) Fragment from the clasped hands upwards: (C) Fragment head and shoulders only; (D) Complete except for chip out of left side (broken and mended).
16444A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Seated Goddess: Type VI,3.. (A) Head only; (B) Head only; (C) Head only: incomplete. (D) Fragment broken off just above the waist, face damaged.
16444B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Seated Goddess: Type VI,3.. (A) Head only; (B) Head only; (C) Head only: incomplete. (D) Fragment broken off just above the waist, face damaged.
16444C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Seated Goddess: Type VI,3.. (A) Head only; (B) Head only; (C) Head only: incomplete. (D) Fragment broken off just above the waist, face damaged.
16444D	31-43-412	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Seated Goddess: Type VI,3.. (A) Head only; (B) Head only; (C) Head only: incomplete. (D) Fragment broken off just above the waist, face damaged.
16445A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Mother & child: Type V.3, (A) Head missing, poor condition, complete; (B) From larger mould, but same type, head missing, complete; (C) from larger mould, but same type, head missing; (D) Complete; (E) Complete; (F) Head missing, poor cast; (G) Complete, bad impression; (H) Head missing; (J) Complete; (K)Complete (different mould) (L) Complete (same as mould K); (M) Fragment head and base missing; (N) Probably similar, but from larger mould, only upper part to arm preserved. (O) complete, poor impression; (P) Head missing; (Q) Head missing; (R) Complete; (S) Complete; (T) Complete.
16446A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Nude female: Type III, C.G. (A) Fragment head only; (B) Complete except for head; (C) Fragment from hands upwards.
16446B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Nude female: Type III,C.G. (A) Fragment head only; (B) Complete except for head; (C) Fragment from hands upwards.
16446C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Nude female: Type III,C.G. (A) Fragment head only; (B) Complete except for head; (C) Fragment from hands upwards.
16447	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female, Type V.1. (A) Poor impression, broken away at thighs.
16448A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Nude female. Type III, C.KK. (A) Broken away at knees, poor impression; probably a different mould, but the same type; (B) Broken away at thighs and very poor.
16448B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Nude female. Type III, C.KK. (A) Broken away at knees, poor impression; probably a different mould, but the same type; (B) broken away at thighs and very poor.
16449A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Man with flail(?): Type XI,B.4. (A) broken away at waist; (B) complete, but the figure moulded only to just below the knees; (C) broken away at knees. The eye has been added with a pellet of clay; (D) complete, behind the full length figure of the man (who is draped) is a squatting monkey; (E) Complete as moulded, but impressed only to the mans knees, head of monkey shown behind; (F) Head missing, exactly similar, but from a smaller mould; monkey rather different; (G) Fragment missing below mans knees (legs never mould); (H) Similar, the legs below the knees not moulded.
16449B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Man with flail(?): Type XI,B.4. (A) broken away at waist; (B) complete, but the figure moulded only to just below the knees; (C) broken away at knees. The eye has been added with a pellet of clay; (D) complete, behind the full length figure of the man (who is draped) is a squatting monkey; (E) Complete as moulded, but impressed only to the mans knees, head of monkey shown behind; (F) Head missing, exactly similar, but from a smaller mould; monkey rather different; (G) Fragment missing below mans knees (legs never mould); (H) Similar, the legs below the knees not moulded.
16449C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Man with flail(?): Type XI,B.4. (A) broken away at waist; (B) complete, but the figure moulded only to just below the knees; (C) broken away at knees. The eye has been added with a pellet of clay; (D) complete, behind the full length figure of the man (who is draped) is a squatting monkey; (E) Complete as moulded, but impressed only to the mans knees, head of monkey shown behind; (F) Head missing, exactly similar, but from a smaller mould; monkey rather different; (G) Fragment missing below mans knees (legs never mould); (H) Similar, the legs below the knees not moulded.
16449D	(none)	1931,1010.412	(none)	Terracotta relief. Man with flail(?): Type XI,B.4. (A) broken away at waist; (B) complete, but the figure moulded only to just below the knees; (C) broken away at knees. The eye has been added with a pellet of clay; (D) complete, behind the full length figure of the man (who is draped) is a squatting monkey; (E) Complete as moulded, but impressed only to the mans knees, head of monkey shown behind; (F) Head missing, exactly similar, but from a smaller mould; monkey rather different; (G) Fragment missing below mans knees (legs never mould); (H) Similar, the legs below the knees not moulded.
16449E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Man with flail(?): Type XI,B.4. (A) broken away at waist; (B) complete, but the figure moulded only to just below the knees; (C) broken away at knees. The eye has been added with a pellet of clay; (D) complete, behind the full length figure of the man (who is draped) is a squatting monkey; (E) Complete as moulded, but impressed only to the mans knees, head of monkey shown behind; (F) Head missing, exactly similar, but from a smaller mould; monkey rather different; (G) Fragment missing below mans knees (legs never mould); (H) Similar, the legs below the knees not moulded.
16449F	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Man with flail(?): Type XI,B.4. (A) broken away at waist; (B) complete, but the figure moulded only to just below the knees; (C) broken away at knees. The eye has been added with a pellet of clay; (D) complete, behind the full length figure of the man (who is draped) is a squatting monkey; (E) Complete as moulded, but impressed only to the mans knees, head of monkey shown behind; (F) Head missing, exactly similar, but from a smaller mould; monkey rather different; (G) Fragment missing below mans knees (legs never mould); (H) Similar, the legs below the knees not moulded.
16449G	(none)	1931,1010.408	(none)	Terracotta relief. Man with flail(?): Type XI,B.4. (A) broken away at waist; (B) complete, but the figure moulded only to just below the knees; (C) broken away at knees. The eye has been added with a pellet of clay; (D) complete, behind the full length figure of the man (who is draped) is a squatting monkey; (E) Complete as moulded, but impressed only to the mans knees, head of monkey shown behind; (F) Head missing, exactly similar, but from a smaller mould; monkey rather different; (G) Fragment missing below mans knees (legs never mould); (H) Similar, the legs below the knees not moulded.
16449H	(none)	1931,1010.425	(none)	Terracotta relief. Man with flail(?): Type XI,B.4. (A) broken away at waist; (B) complete, but the figure moulded only to just below the knees; (C) broken away at knees. The eye has been added with a pellet of clay; (D) complete, behind the full length figure of the man (who is draped) is a squatting monkey; (E) Complete as moulded, but impressed only to the mans knees, head of monkey shown behind; (F) Head missing, exactly similar, but from a smaller mould; monkey rather different; (G) Fragment missing below mans knees (legs never mould); (H) Similar, the legs below the knees not moulded.