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)
3116	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Red ware: draped figure, with fringed shawl crossed at back and laid over shoulders in front. Arms and head missing. [drawing 1:1]
3118	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Primitive: women nude save for necklet, supporting breasts in her hands. [drawing 1:1]
18096	32-40-25	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Primitive. Hand modelled: man standing, right arm broken. [drawing]
2974	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Primitive figure of nude votaress with tambourine. [drawing 1:1]
3150	(none)	1927,1003.178	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Primitive figure of nude harpist with harp under left arm. Back and hair at back carefully modeled. Sketch 1:2. Photo: 422 (from back). [drawing 1:2]
2657	(none)	1927,1003.152	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Primitive female: arms outstretched: buttocks pronounced : snowman technique. [drawing 1:1]
3220	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Pinkish ware: nude female: part of surface missing from legs. [drawing 1:2]
3040	(none)	1927,1003.160	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Pinkish ware. Female in flounced dress with hands clasped : much encrusted by salt. [drawing 1:1]
1761	(none)	(none)	B15707	Terracotta figurine. Pig. 2 rear legs missing, incised on belly. P. 15707 [drawing 1:1]
2914	(none)	1927,1003.161	(none)	Terracotta figurine. One of pair with flounced dress: left hand raised, right hand holding cup. [drawing 1:1]
3117	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Of primitive snow-man technique: bearded male. [drawing 1:1]
2978	31-16-785	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude votaress with clasped hands. [drawing 1:1]
16457	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Nude Offrant with Tumbler and basket. Type III, d.3. (A) Fragment head and feet missing.
3012	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude goddess surrounded by stars. [drawing 1:1]
16440	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Nude female. Type III, c.t. (A) Complete, but a poor impression.
7555	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Head broken from body. [drawing 1:1]
7670	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Hands clasped below breast. Head and feet missing. Female wears necklace and wrist bangles. Between the breasts a rosette and on either side a vertical post? decorated at intervals with rosettes. [drawing 1:1]
6692	(none)	(none)	B16254	Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Fragmentary, lost below knees. Common type. Hands clasped over breast in attitude of prayer. E. [drawing 1:1]
6617	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Feet lost. Hands clasped below breasts. B. [drawing 1:1]
16447	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female, Type V.1. (A) Poor impression, broken away at thighs.
18704	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female, full face, with hands clasped below breasts. A poor flaccid impression broken away at the knees.
18703	(none)	1933,1013.182	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female, full face, with flat crown, large earrings (?), heavy necklace and a strongly marked triangle for pudenda: hands clasped below breast. Feet missing.
18038C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female with necklace and girdle : hands clasped below breasts. (A) Broken across thighs, otherwise complete. (B and C) Both complete as moulded but the mould was defective : it ends just above the knees and had been damaged at the hips (both impressions from the same mould: query authenticity?) (D) Identical type but from a small mould. Fragment from below breasts upwards.
18038A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female with necklace and girdle : hands clasped below breasts. (A) Broken across thighs, otherwise complete. (B and C) Both complete as moulded but the mould was defective : it ends just above the knees and had been damaed at the hips (both impressions from the same mould: query authenticity?) (D) Identical type but from a small mould. Fragment from below breasts upwards.
18038B	(none)	1932,1008.239	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female with necklace and girdle : hands clasped below breasts. (A) Broken across thighs, otherwise complete. (B and C) Both complete as moulded but the mould was defective : it ends just above the knees and had been damaed at the hips (both impressions from the same mould: query authenticity?) (D) Identical type but from a small mould. Fragment from below breasts upwards.