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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)
16970	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief Type _ Nude female figure holding tambourine(?) to breast Subject as in U.16437 but an impression from a quite different mould A) complete to ankles : ht 012
16437A	(none)	1931,1010.417	(none)	Terracotta relief Tambourine Player Type III B. A) Body broken across diagonally from rt. arm to l. thigh - actual ht. 013 Diqdiqqeh B) Fragment: broken away at waist: poor impression Diqdiqqeh C) Frag: head missing: poor impression ht 012 Diqdiqqeh D) Broken away just below the hands. ht 008 Diqdiqqeh
16437B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief Tambourine Player Type III B. A) Body broken across diagonally from rt. arm to l. thigh - actual ht. 013 Diqdiqqeh B) Fragment: broken away at waist: poor impression Diqdiqqeh C) Frag: head missing: poor impression ht 012 Diqdiqqeh D) Broken away just below the hands. ht 008 Diqdiqqeh
16437C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief Tambourine Player Type III B. A) Body broken across diagonally from rt. arm to l. thigh - actual ht. 013 Diqdiqqeh B) Fragment: broken away at waist: poor impression Diqdiqqeh C) Frag: head missing: poor impression ht 012 Diqdiqqeh D) Broken away just below the hands. ht 008 Diqdiqqeh
16437D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief Tambourine Player Type III B. A) Body broken across diagonally from rt. arm to l. thigh - actual ht. 013 Diqdiqqeh B) Fragment: broken away at waist: poor impression Diqdiqqeh C) Frag: head missing: poor impression ht 012 Diqdiqqeh D) Broken away just below the hands. ht 008 Diqdiqqeh
1010	(none)	(none)	B15182	Terracotta relief Moulded Upper part of male figure, bearded, wearing Semitic cloak fringed over l. shoulder, & low bonnet: carries a goat against chest. Whitish clay photo 118 Phil ht 009
8555	(none)	1928,1009.463	(none)	Terracotta relief Head missing: male figure, bearded, a dancer right: club in right hand: short skirt to knees. Surface poor. [drawing 1:1]
18619	(none)	1933,1013.187	(none)	Terracotta releif of bearded male figure, with headdress falling down on each side, holding two objects over his chest, feet broken off.
6228	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Two ostriches in profile facing one another below remains of two feet, supports for the object. B. [drawing]
3056	(none)	1927,1003.159	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Showing goddess seated on bull, holding bird in left hand, crescent on pole at back and nude bull-headed man facing her. [drawing 1:1]
7109	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Male and female, full face standing side by side - probably god and goddess. Both clothed in flounced skirts, female has right shoulder exposed. Male figure is bearded and wears close fitting cap on head, against right shoulder a flail. Female wears the high horned headdress of a goddess and a heavy necklace. Both are standing on a narrow band in relief, which may represent the threshold. E. [drawing 1:1]
7538	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Goddess seated on throne with concave seat and no back. Full face down to waist except for arms. Legs in profile. High horned headdress, hair falls down on either side of shoulders and ends in a large curl. High flounced kaunakes dress with long and wide sleeves. Left forearm exposed to show bangle. cf. U. _
6879	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Fragmentary. Heads lost. Male and female standing on snake? 2 figures in heavily flounced garments with sleeves and bared right shoulders standing on snake? 2 figures in heavily flounced garments with sleeves and bared right shoulders standing on snake. Figure on right clasps a stick? or mace head in right hand which is resting on his breast. Beard long and flowing touches his hand. On right female figure wearing necklace accosts male figure and touches his shoulder with her right hand. B. [drawing 1:1]
7111	47-29-159	(none)	B16266	Terracotta plaque. Fragmentary. Bearded god? Seated on a bull left arm bent at elbow and holding an object right hand held against breast. E. [drawing 1:1]
7537	(none)	1928,1009.465	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Fragmentary and in poor condition. 2 gods in profile facing one another. God bearded and wearing high headdress, supports an axe? with a curved handle, head of axe resting on left shoulder left forearm parallel with ground. God has a very pronounced Jewish nose. Upper part of goddess fragmentary, both wear flounced kaunakes skirt, left shoulders bare. [drawing 1:1]
7140	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Fragment. Warriors on either side of doorway of shrine. Lances standing upright from the ground: above crescent moon, geese and fish. [drawing 1:1]
7676	(none)	1928,1009.466	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Fragment. Top portion missing. 2 maile figures clad in short tunics and standing on either side of entrance to shrine? Each grasps the ribbed door post in one hand. [drawing 1:1]
6758	(none)	1927,0527.236	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Fragment. Fighter trampling a fallen warrior. E.
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]
15754	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Fragment. Model of decorative paneling(?). [drawing 1:1]
15749	31-16-914	(none)	(none)	Terracotta plaque. 2 figures, full face - in high relief. A bearded male deity and a goddess wearing high horned headdress, earrings? Necklace consisting of 3 strings of beads, and pleated coat which leaves right shoulder exposed. Right arm of goddess rests against left shoulder of god. Fragment: head only of god, goddess missing below waist.
17188	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta pip. (generally rattles, some solid). Various types, all roughly hand-modelled.
2939B	(none)	1927,1003.144	(none)	Terracotta pig. Head missing. (B) Has snout and eye. Sketch less than 1:1 [drawing]
2939A	31-16-968	(none)	(none)	Terracotta pig. Head missing. (B) Has snout and eye. Sketch less than 1:1 [drawing]
3280	(none)	1927,1003.149	(none)	Terracotta object. Bellows shape, pierced with holes. [drawing 1:1]