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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3197 | 33-35-256 | (none) | (none) | Child's rattle. Terracotta: drab. | |
 | 3201 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine fragment. Drab buff: nude female with ringleted hair. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3206 | 31-16-839 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Drab ware: woman squatting and suckling child. Cf. U.809. | |
| 3213 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Strong red ware, rather rough. Type CXCIX, =RC.110, (not p) |
| 3214 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Buffware with plain lip and well rounded shoulders. Type XLII, =RC.119, (not p). |
| 3220 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Pinkish ware: nude female: part of surface missing from legs. [drawing 1:2] |
| 3227 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery jar. Buffware, with well rounded sides and footed base. Lip missing. Type XII, =L, =P.205. In tomb group |
| 3228A | 35-1-652 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vases. Buffware, with broad cheeks and rounded base. Type CLXXXV, =RC.83, (not p). | |
| 3228B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vases. Buffware, with broad cheeks and rounded base. Type CLXXXV, =RC.83, (not p). |
| 3229 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery jar. Long jar, for oil?, probably with rounded bottom. |
| 3238 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of stone vase. Green diorite, broken and riveted in antiquity and with eddges probably intenionally smooth. Type sketch to scale 1:2 [drawing 1:2] |
| 3271 | (none) | (none) | B16247 | Miniature bowl. Handmade, of drab ware and very rough. Sketch patter 1:1. Type as U.1984. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 3272 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery Dish. Buffware saucer, with well turned and slight overhanging lip. Type CCV, =P.35C. In cat. As Sargonian. See original type card. |
| 3274 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded male with club on right shoulder. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3275 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Extremely long-bearded male: condition poor. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3276 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta animal. Presumably horse(?). Legs missing. Sketch. [drawing] |
| 3277 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Female with elaborately dressed hair and flounced robe. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3281 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta bird. Poor specimen. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3285 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone duck weight. Large specimen, of greyish stone with tail broken. Type VI. |
| 3290A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Duck weights. Of black stone and shell, latter better carved. Type VI. |
| 3290B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Duck weights. Of black stone and shell, latter better carved. Type VI. |
| 3293 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Votaress with dressed hair and headdress. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3324 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Soapstone. About BC 2800. Winged gate on crouching bull [drawing] |
| 3325 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder about BC 2400. Introducing worshipper to a goddess. [drawing] |
| 3343 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Limestone. Worn. Tree of Life about BC 1200. [drawing] |
| 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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