Diqdiqqeh | DQ - UrOnline

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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)
1746	(none)	1924,0920.114	(none)	Terracotta relief. Fragment. Upper part of female figure, full face: curious double headdress: hair elaborately ringed: cloak over shoulders bbelow bead collar meeting above breasts, rosette on left shoulder: hands clasped below breasts.
1385	(none)	1924,0920.113	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Reddish clay: moulded. Bearded figure, with high headdress, the head in profile, and arms folded.
1307	(none)	1924,0920.112	(none)	Upper part of clay relief showing a god with horned headdress and curved staff over left shoulder standing between 2 tall symbols on poles, or weapons.
1589	(none)	1924,0920.111	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay; moulded. Bearded figure, nude, with head in profile, carrying axe over right shoulder.
1214	(none)	1924,0920.110	(none)	Terracotta, moulded in three-quarter round. Figure of bearded god from waist upwards, hands clasped.
1366	(none)	1924,0920.109	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, lower part only. Drab clay: moulded. Female wearing skirt, walking right to left.
1349A	(none)	1924,0920.108	(none)	Relief fragment. Drab clay: moulded. Figure in profile (waist upwards only) apparently one of a group. There is a hooked attachment behind the figure.
1725	(none)	1924,0920.107	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only: drab clay; moulded; nude female figure.
1569	(none)	1924,0920.106	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay: moulded. Bearded figure with low horned headdress.
1312	(none)	1924,0920.105	(none)	Upper part of clay relief shewing clean-shaven men facing left with rt. hand raised; his garment leaves rt. shoulder bare.
1379	(none)	1924,0920.104	(none)	Mould. Fragment. Drab clay. For nude female figure, waist upwards only, remainder broken away.
1551A	(none)	1924,0920.103	(none)	Mould. Fragment, waist downwards only. Yellow clay. Female figure, nude, with object at right hand.
1378	(none)	1924,0920.102	(none)	Mould. Reddish grey clay, for figurines of nude females with necklace and belt. Top of head broken.
1726	(none)	1924,0920.101	(none)	Relief. Fragment from back of chair; drab clay; moulded. 2 female(?) figures facing each other with 2 birds on poles and tripod (?) between them.
1604	(none)	1924,0920.100	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, head and shoulder only; greenish clay; moulded. Female figure with necklace and low headdress.
1012	(none)	1923,1110.99	(none)	Terracotta relief. Red clay. Moulded, in a rectangular frame (shrine?) a female figure wearing turreted headdress, heavy cloak with big rosettes on shoulders, flounced skirt. In each hand a bottle (?): 4 large rosettes in field above shoulders. Features pinched and not recognizable. Broken off at knees.
915	(none)	1923,1110.97	(none)	Clay relief. Goddess seated on a chair: flounced skirt, horned headdress, 2 pegs behind to make it stand up. [drawing]
1035B	(none)	1923,1110.92	(none)	Frs of three model boats. A only Phil.
1033	(none)	1923,1110.91	(none)	Model boat. of Green clay. Side chipped and stern peak missing. Flat bottomed.
1036	(none)	1923,1110.80	(none)	Clay Vase. Handmade. Reddish clay with white slip. [drawing]
1027B	(none)	1923,1110.119	(none)	Wheels. Clay. With pierced projecting hubs and cogged edges. (A) Reddish clay. (B) Greenish clay.
1029	(none)	1923,1110.118	(none)	Rattle. Wheel form with double rim cogged and small central hole. Small stone(?) inside.Greenish clay.
1025	(none)	1923,1110.114	(none)	Terracotta figure. Drab clay. Hand modeled. A donkey? On its back object incomplete either panniers and saddle or legs of rider(?). One hind leg missing.
777	(none)	1923,1110.112	(none)	Terracotta mask fr. of. in pinkish-drab clay. [drawing 1:1]
1017	(none)	1923,1110.108	(none)	Terracotta relief. Moulded. Upper part of bearded male figure in profile head uncovered, with heavy hair: cloak over left shoulder; right hand carries over shoulder a flail. Whitish clay.