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)
1447	(none)	(none)	B15705	Clay Fragment. Ram's head (broken), Drab clay. modeled.
1276	(none)	1924,0920.174	(none)	Clay frog. Drab clay. Pierced for suspension. (broken) [drawing 1:1]
1275	(none)	1924,0920.175	(none)	Clay Frog. Light drab clay (with traces of green glaze underneath) pierced for suspension. Like U.1273 [drawing 1:1]
1272	(none)	(none)	B15720	Clay Frog. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. (small) P. [drawing]
1274	(none)	(none)	B15719	Clay Frog. Light drab clay. With traces of green pigment (glaze?) pierced for suspension. Like U.1273. P.
3151	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay goblet. Miniature, hand-made of drab ware. Sketch pattern 1:1. Type as U.1514 [drawing 1:1]
1120	(none)	1924,0920.147	(none)	Clay head of pig, fragment, moulded: reddish clay. [drawing 1:1]
1319	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay head. (Upper part only). Fragment of figurine: Man wearing pointed cap. Drab clay.
1320A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay head. fragment of clay relief. Male(?) head with radiating headdress.
1535	(none)	(none)	B15692	Clay Head. Red drab clay: modeled, wearing low cap, the eyes separately attached. P.
1321	(none)	1935,0113.31	(none)	Clay head. reddish drab clay: moulded. Fragment of clay relief; bearded, with low head-dress.
1482	(none)	(none)	B15774	Clay jar (miniature). Whitish surface; handmade. With 3 spout-like projections P [drawing]
1580	(none)	(none)	B15704	Clay Lion's head with traces of glaze. P. [drawing 1:1]
771	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay mask. Fragment of, in whitish clay. [drawing 1:1]
72	(none)	(none)	B15192	Clay mask. The eyes are pierced right through and filled with paste, originally blue: there is a hole at the top for suspension. [drawing 1:1] [Annotated] Phil
12497	(none)	1928,1010.809	(none)	Clay model bed. With string or reed mattress - no head. (broken into 2).
1260	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay model of a bellum, broken at one end.
1259	(none)	1924,0920.123	(none)	Clay model of a bellum: owl end broken
1228	(none)	1924,0920.128	(none)	Clay model of a bird, with conventional leg like a vase, the neck broken off. A child's rattle wings rendered by cross-hatching on back. A hole pierced under tail. [drawing]
1257	(none)	1924,0920.124	(none)	Clay model of wheel; light buff color.
1256	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay model of wheel; usual type; red ware, the circumferential coggings worn away.
2640	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay model shield. Drab clay: arm band at back unpierced. [drawing]
17110	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay model shrine (?) Rectangular box of very rough clay at one end there is within it a staircase of five steps: a low ridge like a wooden bar held in sockets at each end divides the box into two parts: the staircase is in one, in the other a snake (head missing) lies on the ground. One side and both ends of the box much broken. [drawing]
18707	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay model stool with wickerwork seat.
18708	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay model stool with wickerwork seat.