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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)
1105	(none)	1935,0113.17	(none)	Clay figurine. Fragment of (weathered) Below waist upwards. moulded: grey clay. [drawing 1:1]
1137	31-16-827	(none)	(none)	Clay Figurine. Fragment of bearded head and right shoulder. Moulded: light reddish clay. [drawing 1:1]
2872	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. Fragment of reddish clay [drawing 1:1]
1323	(none)	1935,0113.32	(none)	Clay figurine. Fragment of reddish drab caly: moulded. Head and body only: Male figure with square beard; flat cap; and sleeve hanging from left arm.
2869	(none)	1927,1003.172	(none)	Clay figurine. Fragment of right lower arm and leg below knees missing. Curiously negroid type of face. [drawing 1:1]
1148	(none)	1935,0113.20	(none)	Clay Figurine. Fragment of waist downwards, moulded: cream clay. lower end turned up. [drawing 1:1]
1325	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. fragment of, drab clay: Moulded: head and body only. figure wearing necklace (? on beard) and head-dress; arms crossed on chest.
1448	31-16-792	(none)	(none)	Clay Figurine. Fragment of, waist upwards only; green clay: Moulded
1142	(none)	1935,0113.19	(none)	Clay Figurine. Fragment of. Body only, wearing necklace. Moulded.Cream clay. Longest side 37mm. [drawing 1:1]
1324	(none)	1935,0113.33	(none)	Clay figurine. Fragment of. Brown clay: head and body only; moulded. male figure with long beard, low headdress.
1326	(none)	1935,0113.34	(none)	Clay figurine. fragment of. drab clay. head only, wearing high (? horned) headdress.
1322	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. fragment of. drab clay: Rudely modelled bearded (?) figurine, head and body only.
1110	(none)	1924,0920.153	(none)	Clay figurine. Fragment of. Head and body- arms broken off. Hand-modeled: clay: [drawing 1:1]
1109	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. Fragment of. Waist downwards, (nude). Drab clay: moulded. [drawing 1:1]
1136	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Figurine. Fragment of: waist upwards, female figure. Light drab clay. Moulded. [drawing 1:1]
1041	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Figurine. Fragment. Greenish drab clay. a horse(?): one ear and all legs missing. Traces of a rider(?) (or pack?) on back.
1162	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Figurine. Fragment. Head and shoulders. Drab clay: moulded.
1106	(none)	1935,0113.18	(none)	Clay figurine. Fragments (weathered) Waist upwards. Moulded: Pink clay. [drawing 1:1]
2545	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Figurine. Greenish drab clay. Headdress unusual and figure bearded and in round. [drawing]
1754	(none)	(none)	B15686	Clay Figurine. Hand-modeled. Female (?) figure in snowman technique: elaborate applied headdress. Arms broken, but were free; figure broken at waist, part of chest flaked off. P.
12763	(none)	1928,1010.812	(none)	Clay figurine. Moulded. Fragment of female figure. [drawing 1:1]
1102	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. Moulded. Lower part missing. Pinkish-drab clay. [drawing 1:1]
1330	(none)	(none)	B15632	Clay figurine. Red clay. Moulded. Bearded figure, wearing flounced robe and holding scepter in the right hand. P.
1040	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay Figurine. Snowman technique.Upper part of male figure.
17822	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone. Small headless type. Tip missing, text complete.