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)
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.
1577	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay; moulded. Female figure holding circular object, like U.1344.
1607	(none)	(none)	B15661	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Green clay; moulded. Female figure with low headdress, necklace, bracelets and belt.
1602	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Greenish-drab clay; moulded. Female (?) figure with horned headdress.
1600	(none)	(none)	B15685	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Light clay; moulded. Female figure with 4-fold necklace and hair curled. P.
1528	(none)	(none)	B15654	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Red clay, yellow surface: moulded. Figure in horned headdress. P.
1587	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Red clay; moulded. Bearded figure with high headdress holding emblems.
1385	(none)	1924,0920.113	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Reddish clay: moulded. Bearded figure, with high headdress, the head in profile, and arms folded.
1568	(none)	1935,0113.44	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Reddish clay: moulded. Female figure, holding lance in each hand, two crescents above.
1725	(none)	1924,0920.107	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only: drab clay; moulded; nude female figure.
1343	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only; red clay: moulded. Female figure with high headdress and three-fold necklace.
1386	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only; red drab clay. Rudely modeled figure, with eyes separately attached.
1383	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards. Drab clay. Moulded. Bearded figure with horned headdress.
1381	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards. Red clay: moulded. Nude female figure, with hair dressed in curls.
1456	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Clay. Lower portion of a naked woman.
1338	(none)	1924,0920.83	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Drab clay. From below waist upards only. Moulded: female figure with necklace.
1339	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. From below waist upwards only(face smashed) Drab clay: moulded. Female figure with necklace.
1336	(none)	(none)	B15677	Figurine. Fragment. From below waist upwards only: light yellow clay: moulded. Female figure with high headdress and necklace. P.
1534	(none)	1935,0113.42	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Head and legs below knees broken off, drab clay: moulded. Female figure, nude, with bracelets, left arm raised.
1588	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Head only. Drab clay; moulded. Bearded figure with horned headdress. [drawing]
1328	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Reddish clay. Moulded. Head and body of bearded figure, holding whip(?) in the right hand.
1337	(none)	1924,0920.81	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Reddish drab clay: moulded. Head and breast of female figure, with headdress and necklace.
1369	31-16-934	(none)	B19341	Figurine. Fragment. Shoulders downwards only: drab clay: moulded. Figure in pleated skirt holding an emblem in each hand.
1380	(none)	1935,0113.36	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Waist upwards only, drab clay: moulded. Female figure with high double headdress (weathered).
1532	31-16-880	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Waist upwards only. Yellow clay: moulded. Female figure, with necklace, weathered. P. 31-16.880