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)
1565	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay; moulded. Head broken off. Female figure in flounced dress, sitting on chair, in profile. Like U.1375.
1350	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, battered, head, legs below knees, broken off. Drab clay: moulded. Female figure, nude, with belt.
1365	31-16-815	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, below waist only. Reddish clay: moulded. Female(?) figure in elaborately flounced skirt.
1653	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, below waist upwards only; drab clay; moulded. Female figure, nude, with low headdress and necklace.
1603	(none)	1924,0920.92	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, bust only. Drab clay. Moulded. Bearded figure in high horned headdress.
1612	(none)	1924,0920.71	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, bust only. Greenish clay; moulded. Bearded head with high horned headdress.
1626	(none)	1935,0113.46	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, bust only. Light drab clay; moulded. Male(?) figure with right shoulder base and cloak thrown over left.
1570	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, from below waist upwards only. White clay; moulded. Female figure with necklace, and with hair in curls.
1384	(none)	1924,0920.93	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, from below waist upwards only; drab clay: moulded. Figure with horned headdress.
1342	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, from below waist upwards; red drab clay: moulded. Female figure with necklace- surrounded by rosettes (stars?).
1654	31-16-926	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, from shoulder to knees only. Red drab clay; moulded. Figure in profile; much weathered.
1344	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, from waist upwards only: drab clay: moulded. Female figure with necklace, holding circular object in front of breast.
1604	(none)	1924,0920.100	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, head and shoulder only; greenish clay; moulded. Female figure with necklace and low headdress.
1366	(none)	1924,0920.109	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, lower part only. Drab clay: moulded. Female wearing skirt, walking right to left.
1572	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, torso only. Greenish clay: modeled Male figure with crescent at right shoulder and bandolier over left.
1574	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, torso only. Greenish clay; modeled. Rude female figure with necklace, hands supporting breasts.
1340	31-16-835	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upward only: red-brown clay: moulded. Nude female figure.
1341	(none)	1924,0920.88	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upward. Drab clay, moulded. Female figure, clother, with long hair, bearing infant in arms.
1590	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only . Drab clay; moulded. Female figure, nude, with left arm raised.
1530	(none)	1924,0920.97	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only only. Red drab, clay: moulded. Female figure, clothed with conical headdress, bracelets and necklace.
1345	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only, drab clay: moulded. Female figure, nude (with necklace) her left arm raised.
1567	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only, Greenish clay; moulded. Female figure, holding lance in each hand, two crescents above.
1569	(none)	1924,0920.106	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay: moulded. Bearded figure with low horned headdress.
1566	(none)	(none)	B15651	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay: moulded. Female(?) figure with headdress and garment on left shoulder, the right arm raised. P.
1614	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay: moulded. Female(?) figure with high headdress, clothed, and having rosettes at each shoulder. There are also rosettes on background.