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)
15799	31-17-89	(none)	(none)	Amulet. Monkey. Shell.
1580	(none)	(none)	B15704	Clay Lion's head with traces of glaze. P. [drawing 1:1]
15801	(none)	1930,0012.13	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Fragment. Inscribed.
15802	(none)	(none)	(none)	Amulet. Miniature animal. White calcite?
1581	(none)	1924,0920.115	(none)	Chair. Drab clay: moulded. With herring-bone pattern on seat, and 2 birds facing each other, with branches of tree; the back broken and legs broken off.
1582	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment. From large jar(?) Red clay. With part of scorpion (claws broken off) in high relief under rim. [drawing: not to scale]
1583	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment. From jar or vase. Greenish drab clay. With part of scorpion(claws) in high relief under rim. [drawing: not to scale]
1585	(none)	(none)	B15611	Lower part of broken stone foundation tablet of one of the kings of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur. (P. two boats) [drawing 1:1] [CARD MISSING]
1586	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Head missing, much weathered. Figure with flounced skirt.
1587	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Red clay; moulded. Bearded figure with high headdress holding emblems.
1588	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Head only. Drab clay; moulded. Bearded figure with horned headdress. [drawing]
1589	(none)	1924,0920.111	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay; moulded. Bearded figure, nude, with head in profile, carrying axe over right shoulder.
1590	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only . Drab clay; moulded. Female figure, nude, with left arm raised.
1595	(none)	(none)	(none)	Base of cone of Ur-Nammu, with remains of inscription fuplicate of U.872.
1596	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of cone, duplicate of preceding.
1597	(none)	1924,0920.391	(none)	Fragment of cone, mostly illegible, duplicate of preceding.
1598	(none)	1924,0920.89	(none)	Clay figurine drab clay: moulded Bare-headed figure, clothed, wearing necklace carrying animal. Height M. 0.105 photo Diqdiqqa
1599	(none)	(none)	B15680	Figurine. Light clay: moulded. Female figure in flounced skirt, standing on animal(?) with has broken away. P.
1600	(none)	(none)	B15685	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Light clay; moulded. Female figure with 4-fold necklace and hair curled. P.
1601	(none)	(none)	B15664	Figurine. Green clay; moulded. Broken away above knees downwards. Female figure, nude, with low headdress and curls on shoulders. P.
16019	(none)	(none)	(none)	Steatite cylinder seal. Geme(?) -d. Nungal son of Ur-babi(-baga?) HC.30/I.5. UET 8/2 (Hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
1602	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Greenish-drab clay; moulded. Female (?) figure with horned headdress.
16020	(none)	1931,1010.17	(none)	Steatite Cylinder-seal. Namhani son of Ur-baga. HC.30/I.6. UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16024	(none)	1931,1010.37	(none)	Steatite Cylinder seal. Illegible. [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
1603	(none)	1924,0920.92	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, bust only. Drab clay. Moulded. Bearded figure in high horned headdress.