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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2693 | (none) | 1935,0113.53 | (none) | Clay dog (?). Fragmentary, in act of barking: legs and tail missing. | |
| 2692 | (none) | 1935,0113.52 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Buff ware: female, mitred, with forearms raised to shoulders: head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2691 | 87-28-10 | (none) | (none) | Model stool. Drab clay with conventional rush hatching with a border: one leg missing. | |
| 2685 | 33-35-252 | (none) | (none) | Grotesque mask. Drab clay, with pierced eyes. [drawing 1:1] | |
 | 2671 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone phallus. Carefull carved from white pebble. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2664 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Reddish vase, miniature, handmade. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2663 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Drab: painted base. Type CVII. =RC.55, =L. (not p) |
| 2658 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay figurine. Drab clay: female with hands on breasts [drawing 1:1] |
| 2657 | (none) | 1927,1003.152 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Primitive female: arms outstretched: buttocks pronounced : snowman technique. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2656 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Buff clay: fragmentary. Type CXXXIV=RC.13 (not p) |
| 2646 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. greyish stone. Type VI. |
| 2641 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay figurine. Drab clay: female with flounced costume: seated: weapon about head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2640 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay model shield. Drab clay: arm band at back unpierced. [drawing] |
| 2633 | (none) | 1927,1003.137 | (none) | Clay pot. Pinkish drab ware. Handmade. Type CXXVM. (not p) | |
| 2631 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of small soap-stone box. Engraved with circular design. Sketch. [drawing] |
| 2630 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay figurine. Drab clay: seated goddess with left hand raised: Flounced dress: head and torso only. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2619 | (none) | 1927,1003.237 | (none) | Shell mask. White: male with widely opened mouth. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2610 | 29-174-20 | (none) | (none) | Clay watering pot. Hand moulded, with spout and holes in top. [drawing 1:1] Type as U.1892 | |
| 2606 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Imitation vase. Drab clay, lip broken. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2595 | (none) | 1927,1003.49 | (none) | Clay cone of Ur-Engur. Fragment. Text: (To En)-lil, king of all countries his king, Ur-Engur, the mighty hero, king of Ur, King of Sumer and Akkad, in? ? The? of Ninni has dug out. Probably a canal. H.C. |
| 2590 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Granite. Type VI. |
| 2573 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin. White stone. Point missing. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2568 | (none) | (none) | (none) | _Seal impression_ on Fragment of clay sealing, with marks of strings at the back. Jar stopper : Procession of worshipers approaching [drawing] an altar? or a deity and bringing a kid offering About BC. 2400. Diqdiqqeh 1923-1924 |
| 2560 | 31-16-993 | (none) | (none) | Child's rattle. Drab clay; circular, of two pieces fitted together. Hole in one side. | |
| 2554 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Figurine. Drab clay. Clothed figure legs and feet only: carrying monkey. [drawing 1:1] |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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