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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)
1369	31-16-934	(none)	B19341	Figurine. Fragment. Shoulders downwards only: drab clay: moulded. Figure in pleated skirt holding an emblem in each hand.
1113	31-16-910	(none)	B19317	Clay Figurine. Fragment of. below waist downwards; seated. moulded. drab clay [drawing 1:1]
8113	(none)	(none)	B17212	Terracotta plaque. Bottom half missing. In low relief. Two upright figures heavily draped and wearing conical headdresses stand with hands upraised facing either side of vertical post. Post is broader below than above. It has a narrow neck and a concave top broader than the neck, supporting what may be a crescent moon? Behind each standing figures a mace with a rounded head, fixed vertically in the ground. [drawing 1:1]
8556	(none)	(none)	B17205	Terra cotta relief A god, head full face, body profile left, seated on a ram. Flat rimmed cap, beard elaborately curled: right hand extended open, left holding whip: long open cloak to ankles. Fine example. [drawing 1:1]
7920	(none)	(none)	B16900	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Scene of worship before Nannar. Enthronoed Nannar wearing horned headdress extends right hand to greet 2 standing gods also wearing horned headdress and with left arm upraised. Attributes: crescent moon and spear? with a shaped top.
7658	(none)	(none)	B16890	Cylinder seal. Marble? White. Hero between two rampant bulls? On either side of bulls a rampant lion. Between the lions a post surmounted by a star.
7678	(none)	(none)	B16818	Puzuzu. Miniature head. Shell. White. [drawing 1:1]
7665	(none)	(none)	B16763	Miniature head. Stone. Grey. For inlay, flat back. Large hollow eye sockets. Eyeballs originally inlaid, missing. Only upper half of cheeks and portion of chin represented. Beard of different material probably fitted on to lower portion of face.
6914	(none)	(none)	B16638	Clay bowl. Light drab. Type XXXIX(?) =RC.160mm (not a bowl) (not p)
6916	(none)	(none)	B16602	Clay vase. Light drab. 3rd Dynasty. Type LXI. =P.200a
2880C	(none)	(none)	B16536	Brick of Dungi. "Dun-gi, mighty hero, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, E-har-sag, his beloved house, has built." H.C.
7134	(none)	(none)	B16431	Adze head. Bronze. Cf. U.6137 Larsa type. E.
6890	(none)	(none)	B16423	Miniature bowl. Copper. Smashed. E. [drawing 1:1]
6856	(none)	(none)	B16374	Tortoise. White frit, and glazed. E. [drawing 1:1]
6897	(none)	(none)	B16368	Ring. Gold. Complete but severed. E.
6104	(none)	(none)	B16367	Phallic bead. Drab pebble. E. [drawing 1:1]
6906	(none)	(none)	B16363	Frog bead. Black steatite. E.
6560	(none)	(none)	B16361	Tool Green stone. One sharp edge. [drawing 1:1]
6936	(none)	(none)	B16351	Puzuzu head. Black steatite. E. [drawing 1:1]
6519B	(none)	(none)	B16313, B16313	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed. Minor god introducing worshipper to major god. Nin-da-da son of Da-da-a. About 2300 BC?
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.
6987	(none)	(none)	B16308	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Worshippers round sacred tree. Palm branch and dates in a vase. About BC 2200.
6406	(none)	(none)	B16304	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Rampant lion attacked by two naked men. Crescent, goose, scorpion. About BC 2400.
6065	(none)	(none)	B16300	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 3 grooves in middle divider scene, seated god and introduction of votary from 4 swans on lower half. About BC 2700. E.
7127	(none)	(none)	B16295	Cylinder seal. White shell. Winged gate over crouching bull on right, a seated goddess on left, and kneeling Gilgamesh both holding gate with ropes. Before 3000 BC? E.