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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)
16450A	31-43-454	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,4. (A) Fragment broken off at waist; (B) Fragment broken off at waist; (C) Terracotta Relief. Bearded god. Broken off at hips: very good impression. [drawing 1:1] (D) Fragment broken away below hands, similar figure, but from a smaller mould.
16450B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,4. (A) Fragment broken off at waist; (B) Fragment broken off at waist; (C) Terracotta Relief. Bearded god. Broken off at hips: very good impression. [drawing 1:1] (D) Fragment broken away below hands, similar figure, but from a smaller mould.
16450C	(none)	1931,1010.418	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,4. (A) Fragment broken off at waist; (B) Fragment broken off at waist; (C) Terracotta Relief. Bearded god. Broken off at hips: very good impression. [drawing 1:1] (D) Fragment broken away below hands, similar figure, but from a smaller mould.
16450D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,4. (A) Fragment broken off at waist; (B) Fragment broken off at waist; (C) Terracotta Relief. Bearded god. Broken off at hips: very good impression. [drawing 1:1] (D) Fragment broken away below hands, similar figure, but from a smaller mould.
16451	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Bearded god. Type VII, 2. (A) Fragment face only, probably a different mould, but similar type.
16452A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,5. (A) fragment broken off at waist, poor impression. (B) Fragment broken off at knees face poor impression. (C) Fragment broken off at waist. U.16108. (D) Fragment broken away at waist = poor.
16452B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,5. (A) fragment broken off at waist, poor impression. (B) Fragment broken off at knees face poor impression. (C) Fragment broken off at waist. U.16108. (D) Fragment broken away at waist = poor.
16452C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,5. (A) fragment broken off at waist, poor impression. (B) Fragment broken off at knees face poor impression. (C) Fragment broken off at waist. U.16108. (D) Fragment broken away at waist = poor.
16452D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,5. (A) fragment broken off at waist, poor impression. (B) Fragment broken off at knees face poor impression. (C) Fragment broken off at waist. U.16108. (D) Fragment broken away at waist = poor.
16453A	31-43-375	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Nude female: Type III, C.H. (A) Fragment broken away at the waist; (B) Fragment broken away at hips.
16453B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Nude female: Type III, C.H. (A) Fragment broken away at the waist; (B) Fragment broken away at hips.
16454A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Nude female. Type III, C.S. (A) Fragment broken off at hips, poor; (B) Fragment broken off at waist.
16454B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Nude female. Type III, C.S. (A) Fragment broken off at hips, poor; (B) Fragment broken off at waist.
16455A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Man with monkeys. (A) Fragment broken off at waist, rubbed; (B) Fragment broken off at waist, good impression; (C) Fragment only from the waist downwards preserved; (D) Fragment upper part from above knees, poor rubbed impression.
16455B	31-43-445	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Man with monkeys. (A) Fragment broken off at waist, rubbed; (B) Fragment broken off at waist, good impression; (C) Fragment only from the waist downwards preserved; (D) Fragment upper part from above knees, poor rubbed impression.
16455C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Man with monkeys. (A) Fragment broken off at waist, rubbed; (B) Fragment broken off at waist, good impression; (C) Fragment only from the waist downwards preserved; (D) Fragment upper part from above knees, poor rubbed impression.
16456	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Conquering King: Type XI, B.1. (A) Fragment broken off at thighs, poor.
16457	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Nude Offrant with Tumbler and basket. Type III, d.3. (A) Fragment head and feet missing.
16458A	(none)	1931,1010.446	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Seated goddess: Type VI,5. (A) Complete; (B) Complete, worn.
16458B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Seated goddess: Type VI,5. (A) Complete; (B) Complete, worn.
16459	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurine, relief. Youth walking right. [drawing 1:1]
1646	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Clay, with device of eagle, lance, etc.
16461	31-43-435	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Moulded and then partly hand-modeled. Bearded and horned god. [drawing]
16462	31-43-441	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Bearded worshipper? with turban and skull cap. (A) fragment only preserved from the waist up. [drawing]
16463	(none)	1931,1010.415	(none)	Terracotta relief. Offrant with animal. (A) Broken away at knees. [drawing 1:1]