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)
2502	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Inscribed. Glass paste. Bluish white. Broken. Fragments missing. Two lines nearly illegible: ( )-bi-a; ( ) -il. Figures worn, indistinct. Neo-Babylon - Persian Period.
6904	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Jade: transluscent. Green. Inscribed: 2 gazelles rampant and crossed attached on either side by 2 men. B.
18279	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: above, presentation scene with seated goddess and 2 standign figures. Below, swans. Poorly shaped and poorly cut: much worn.
18365	33-35-176	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 3 standing figures.
1054	(none)	(none)	B15276	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Very small.
1706	(none)	(none)	B15594	Cylinder seal. Light brown stone. With traces of archaic design of fishes.
1437	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Light grey stone. 2 registers: upper, 3 seated figures, female, with plant in jar between 2 of them; lower register, scene with ibex(?)
17740	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Limestone. Man shooting gazelle.
3343	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Limestone. Worn. Tree of Life about BC 1200. [drawing]
17747	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Limestone. [Broken and crossed out] unfinished; presentation scene; faintly scratched figure of standing deity. 2 standing figures.
6561	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Marble gray. Obliterated. B.
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.
16751	(none)	1931,1010.45	(none)	Cylinder seal. Mottled marble. Unpierced.
2503	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Not inscribed. greyish soapstone. Weather worn. Presentation to a seated goddess. Worshipper led by the hand. Flat crescent. Pillar-shaped altar [shown in drawing] (double). 24 x 33mm. Babylonian. About BC 2500. [drawing]
17726	32-40-330	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. 2 men fighting a lion.
18368	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Palm tree and 2 figures.
18248	33-35-172	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Two men fighting a lion. Poor work and in poor condition.
16180	31-43-3	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Two rows of deeply incised circles.
6937	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Poor condition. Inscribed. Introductory scene. Votary introduced by minor god to Nannar. En-da-[ ]; gis-du-[ ]. B.
7119	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink steatite. Unpierced: Babaa damkar, son of Buzua. IIIrd Dyn. of Larsa. B.
1438	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. Faint traces of figures; much worn.
17762	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. Incomplete; introductory scene, standing deity; 2 lines of inscription. -TU- DAM UR-URU(U)(?) -tu- wife of Ururudu HC 1931 / 3
17701	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. Introductory scene; 1 seated figure, 2 standing, in upper half of seal; bottom half obscured.
17741	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. Introductory scene; seated deity; line of inscription. GU-DE-A. HC 1931/4.
17742	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. Introductory scene; standing deity.