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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)
16454B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Nude female. Type III, C.S. (A) Fragment broken off at hips, poor; (B) Fragment broken off at waist.
16448A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Nude female. Type III, C.KK. (A) Broken away at knees, poor impression; probably a different mould, but the same type; (B) Broken away at thighs and very poor.
16448B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Nude female. Type III, C.KK. (A) Broken away at knees, poor impression; probably a different mould, but the same type; (B) broken away at thighs and very poor.
16442A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Moulded. Female figure, nude. Type III,e.1. (A) Broken away at knees and in bad condition; (B) Broken away at knees; (C) complete, same figure but from a different mould. Face rubbed all away. (D) Broken away at knees; (E) Feet missing, poor and damaged impression; (F) Head and legs below knees missing.
16442B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Moulded. Female figure, nude. Type III,e.1. (A) Broken away at knees and in bad condition; (B) Broken away at knees; (C) complete, same figure but from a different mould. Face rubbed all away. (D) Broken away at knees; (E) Feet missing, poor and damaged impression; (F) Head and legs below knees missing.
16442C	(none)	1931,1010.460	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Moulded. Female figure, nude. Type III,e.1. (A) Broken away at knees and in bad condition; (B) Broken away at knees; (C) complete, same figure but from a different mould. Face rubbed all away. (D) Broken away at knees; (E) Feet missing, poor and damaged impression; (F) Head and legs below knees missing.
16442D	(none)	1931,1010.427	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Moulded. Female figure, nude. Type III,e.1. (A) Broken away at knees and in bad condition; (B) Broken away at knees; (C) complete, same figure but from a different mould. Face rubbed all away. (D) Broken away at knees; (E) Feet missing, poor and damaged impression; (F) Head and legs below knees missing.
16442E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Moulded. Female figure, nude. Type III,e.1. (A) Broken away at knees and in bad condition; (B) Broken away at knees; (C) complete, same figure but from a different mould. Face rubbed all away. (D) Broken away at knees; (E) Feet missing, poor and damaged impression; (F) Head and legs below knees missing.
16442F	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Moulded. Female figure, nude. Type III,e.1. (A) Broken away at knees and in bad condition; (B) Broken away at knees; (C) complete, same figure but from a different mould. Face rubbed all away. (D) Broken away at knees; (E) Feet missing, poor and damaged impression; (F) Head and legs below knees missing.
16445A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Mother & child: Type V.3, (A) Head missing, poor condition, complete; (B) From larger mould, but same type, head missing, complete; (C) from larger mould, but same type, head missing; (D) Complete; (E) Complete; (F) Head missing, poor cast; (G) Complete, bad impression; (H) Head missing; (J) Complete; (K)Complete (different mould) (L) Complete (same as mould K); (M) Fragment head and base missing; (N) Probably similar, but from larger mould, only upper part to arm preserved. (O) complete, poor impression; (P) Head missing; (Q) Head missing; (R) Complete; (S) Complete; (T) Complete.
16455A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Man with monkeys. (A) Fragment broken off at waist, rubbed; (B) Fragment broken off at waist, good impression; (C) Fragment only from the waist downwards preserved; (D) Fragment upper part from above knees, poor rubbed impression.
16455B	31-43-445	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Man with monkeys. (A) Fragment broken off at waist, rubbed; (B) Fragment broken off at waist, good impression; (C) Fragment only from the waist downwards preserved; (D) Fragment upper part from above knees, poor rubbed impression.
16455C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Man with monkeys. (A) Fragment broken off at waist, rubbed; (B) Fragment broken off at waist, good impression; (C) Fragment only from the waist downwards preserved; (D) Fragment upper part from above knees, poor rubbed impression.
12788	31-16-773	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Fragment. Moulded. Female figure, full face, from waist upwards; hands clasped below breasts, fillet round hair, torso nude.
16456	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Conquering King: Type XI, B.1. (A) Fragment broken off at thighs, poor.
16452A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,5. (A) fragment broken off at waist, poor impression. (B) Fragment broken off at knees face poor impression. (C) Fragment broken off at waist. U.16108. (D) Fragment broken away at waist = poor.
16452B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,5. (A) fragment broken off at waist, poor impression. (B) Fragment broken off at knees face poor impression. (C) Fragment broken off at waist. U.16108. (D) Fragment broken away at waist = poor.
16452C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,5. (A) fragment broken off at waist, poor impression. (B) Fragment broken off at knees face poor impression. (C) Fragment broken off at waist. U.16108. (D) Fragment broken away at waist = poor.
16452D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,5. (A) fragment broken off at waist, poor impression. (B) Fragment broken off at knees face poor impression. (C) Fragment broken off at waist. U.16108. (D) Fragment broken away at waist = poor.
16450A	31-43-454	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,4. (A) Fragment broken off at waist; (B) Fragment broken off at waist; (C) Terracotta Relief. Bearded god. Broken off at hips: very good impression. [drawing 1:1] (D) Fragment broken away below hands, similar figure, but from a smaller mould.
16450B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,4. (A) Fragment broken off at waist; (B) Fragment broken off at waist; (C) Terracotta Relief. Bearded god. Broken off at hips: very good impression. [drawing 1:1] (D) Fragment broken away below hands, similar figure, but from a smaller mould.
16450C	(none)	1931,1010.418	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,4. (A) Fragment broken off at waist; (B) Fragment broken off at waist; (C) Terracotta Relief. Bearded god. Broken off at hips: very good impression. [drawing 1:1] (D) Fragment broken away below hands, similar figure, but from a smaller mould.
16450D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Bearded god. Type VII,4. (A) Fragment broken off at waist; (B) Fragment broken off at waist; (C) Terracotta Relief. Bearded god. Broken off at hips: very good impression. [drawing 1:1] (D) Fragment broken away below hands, similar figure, but from a smaller mould.
16451	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurines. Bearded god. Type VII, 2. (A) Fragment face only, probably a different mould, but similar type.
16439B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurine: nude female, Type III, c.a. (A) Complete, but the mould only taken to the knees, when the clay is rounded off. (B) Complete, the mould taken to the feet; (C) Complete down to the knees; (D) Complete, the mould taken to the ankles; (E) Complete, poor impression; (F) Fragment broken away at hips.