Diqdiqqeh | DQ
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 |
Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
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16554 | 31-43-34, 31-43-34 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal, steatite. Ur-Ki(?)-dur(?)-sag(?) servant of... H.C. 30/II, 10 | |
![]() | 16553 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal, steatite. Ur-^d Da-?... of Nan(nar) H.C. 30/II, 9 |
![]() | 16557 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal, white calcite. d. Nin-gal, Son of Ur-nannar. H.C. 30/II, 13 |
16555 | 31-43-20, 31-43-20 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal, white calcite. Ga-ad-i(?)-li(?)-a, daughter of Ah(?)-na-nu-um H.C. 30/II, 11 | |
![]() | 6983 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. 4 standing figures. Attributes: crescent moons. About BC 2000. B. |
16749 | 31-43-19 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. 2 crescents on poles and an X. Rough work. | |
![]() | 15801 | (none) | 1930,0012.13 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Fragment. Inscribed. |
![]() | 16708 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Unpierced. Gilgamesh & Eabani fighting rampant lion. Palm rising from champagne vase, water flows from it. |
15474 | 31-17-21 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 scorpions. | |
![]() | 15154 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene. God, presenting deity and presented person, standing. 3 emblems on staffs. Ostrich & crane & scorpion. |
![]() | 16707 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Unpierced. 2 figures saluting. |
![]() | 16750 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Frit. 2 geese(?) and a snake. |
![]() | 16690 | (none) | 1931,1010.27 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Miniature. Spread eagle. |
![]() | 15042 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Presentation. Crescent. Inscription: dumu Ur gis ginar dam-kar N. son of Ur-ginar, merchant. HC.102. |
17319 | 31-43-18 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Animals (?) at gate of shrine course cutting. | |
![]() | 17317 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Baked clay. Two standing figures and a winged dragon. |
![]() | 1431 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black clay (?) 2 men slaying lion (?), broken. |
![]() | 2857 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black diorite. About BC 2400 [drawing] |
![]() | 18156 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black diorite. Seated god: before him an altar with 2 worshippers and a lute. |
6687 | (none) | (none) | B16310, B16310 | Cylinder seal. Black hematite. Inscribed. Shamash, worshipper and goddess. Servant of Sin and servant of Nin-Shah. E. 1st Babylonian dynasty 2000 BC. | |
![]() | 2858 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black limestone. About BC 2100. [drawing] |
![]() | 1411 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black marble (?) Eagle with outspread wings clutching the backs of 2 rampant ibexes which turn their heads backward. Between the heads of the 2 creatures is a palm-tree or symbol. No inscription. |
![]() | 18281 | (none) | 1933,1013.81 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steaitte. Star and crascent on staff above altar: naked goddess standing full face: worshipper with basket facing a standing god who rests his foot on a lion (?). Poor work. |
![]() | 18696 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite presentation scene: a seated god and 2 standing figures: arrow and crescent poor condition. |
![]() | 15481 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Presentation scene before seated deity. Very rough cutting. |
Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
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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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