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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)
18706	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Fragment of: guardian demon facing front and holding a staff: one of the pair: only the upper part of the one figure preserved.
12762	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Fragment : hand modelled. Head of goddess between two ears of barley (?). [drawing 1:1]
16901A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Female with flounced cloak, otherwise nude, hands to breasts. [drawing] (A) Fragment preserved from the hips up; (B) Fragment from the hands up: similar but smaller mould.
18567	33-35-21	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Female figure, standing, facing right. Both hands raised in gesture of prayer. Long simple drapery, horned head dress.
17102	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Female figure, standing full front: hands clasped below breast, losing skirt to ground with band of ornaments, pleated border. (A) Complete, face damaged. [drawing 1:1]
1743	(none)	(none)	B15683	Terracotta relief. Female figure, full face, apparently seated but body and legs in one plane. Hands raised to breasts. Horned high headdress with spiral curls to shoulders, flounced dress with full sleeves. Surface of clay badly flaked. P.
16913	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Female figure with mural(?) crown and stars against background. (A) Head only, very bold modelling. [drawing 1:1]
17112	31-43-423	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Draped goddess seated right with feet on a bull (?) (A) Fragment, the head and shoulders missing. Type VI 12.
16936	31-43-395	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Draped female figure, standing, with hands to breasts: elaborate coiffure but no head ornaments. (A) complete and in good condition. [drawing 1:1]
16978B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Draped female figure with right hand raised. (A) fragment, broken off at waist. [drawing 1:1] (B) fragment broken off at waist.
16942	31-43-397	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Draped female figure standing with hands clasped below breasts plain chiton. (A) Broken away above ankles; poor cast and face all gone. [drawing]
17103	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Draped female figure standing full front; hands clasped below breasts. (A) Complete, fair impression. [drawing 1:1]
16969A	31-43-409	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Draped female figure (grotesque face) Type III, e.2 (or variant of this type?) (A) Broken away at waist.
16910	31-43-425	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Draped deity standing on a lion: behind symbols. (A) All the gods figure above the waist, and the hind quarters of the lion broken away. Good bold work. [drawing 1:1]
16486A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Draped bearded man, with hands clasped on breast. (A) fragment broken off at waist. [drawing 1:1]
18078	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Door of shrine? Or else a statue inside a shrine, the statue wearing full robes with straight vertical folds which fill the entire door space.
16930	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Clean-shaven man, holding staff in right hand, left hand to ... (A) Broken off at waist, weak impression. Type XI, c.4.
17133	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bull-footed demon holding staff and facing left. 1) [A] Fragment = preserved from the waist upwards. [drawing 1:1]
1730	(none)	(none)	B15665	Terracotta relief. Broken. Nude female figure, full face, right hand below breasts, left hand raised (cf. No.U.1346) head and feet missing. P. [drawing]
18230	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded man, wearing heavy dress and open cloak, standing full-face and holding a kid in front of his breast. Intact.
18023	(none)	1935,0113.87	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded man, in long drapery, hands clasped. Fragment, below the knees missing.
17155	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded man wearing short kilt advancing right and holding a club in his left hand and a staff (?) or possibly an axe (?) or possibly an axe of type [reference to drawing] in his right. (A) Damaged surface but complete except for left foot. [drawing 1:1]
16919	31-43-443	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded man standing, full face: right hand to breast, left hand by side: he wears cloak and skirted garment. (poor condition, destroyed by salt.) Fragment, feet missing. [drawing 1:1]
17166	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded man in short kilt walking to right and carrying a litinus (?) Poor impression. [drawing]
17176	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded man in profile seated right and holding a cup (?). (A) Fragment (as drawn): only the upper part presented. [drawing]