Diqdiqqeh | DQ
| 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 |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1424 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone seal. Black four-sided. 2 wide and 2 narrow sides, pierced like a cylinder seal. One of wide sides has figure of a god standing on the back of an animal, the corresponding side a bird. On the narrow sides are designs. [drawing] |
| 1425 | (none) | (none) | B15595 | Figurine. Upper part of small -silver- steatite figurine of a bearded and corpulent man holding left hand to breasts: right arm and legs missing. A small -prong- socket on top of the head served for suspension as a charm. | |
| 1426A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Bronze rings (4) |
| 1427 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze ring |
| 1428 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze implement. With edge at rounded end. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1429 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze implement. Spoon shaped. P. [drawing] |
| 1431 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black clay (?) 2 men slaying lion (?), broken. |
| 1432 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Head of animal. Fragment. Drab clay. modeled. The animal has a halter or muzzle; the eyes attached separately. |
| 1433 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Head of an animal. Fragment. Drab clay: modeled. 2 nicks are incised across nose. |
| 1434 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Animal. Drab clay: modeled. Rear hind leg broken off, and head damaged. |
| 1435 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Animal. Drab clay: modeled. Horse(?) with head turned to left, wearing noseband. Legs broken. |
| 1436 | (none) | (none) | B15716 | Bird. Drab clay: modeled. Bird body on pedestal, head and tail broken. Pierced through back - perhaps a rattle. P. | |
| 1437 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Light grey stone. 2 registers: upper, 3 seated figures, female, with plant in jar between 2 of them; lower register, scene with ibex(?) |
| 1438 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Faint traces of figures; much worn. |
| 1439B | (none) | (none) | B15597 | Shell amulet. Lion couchant. Pierced for suspension. |
| 1440 | (none) | (none) | B15703 | Rattle. Bird on pedestal; drab clay, modeled. P. | |
| 1441 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Rattle. Reddish clay. Bird on pedestal, broken on two out containing 3 pebbles, head broken. |
| 1443 | (none) | (none) | B15706 | Rattle. Light clay. Pig. Two legs broken. P: 15706 | |
| 1445 | 31-43-316 | (none) | (none) | Rattle. Red clay. Animal, head and legs broken off. | |
| 1447 | (none) | (none) | B15705 | Clay Fragment. Ram's head (broken), Drab clay. modeled. | |
| 1448 | 31-16-792 | (none) | (none) | Clay Figurine. Fragment of, waist upwards only; green clay: Moulded | |
| 1449 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Boat(bellum) White high recurved prow; drab surface clay; holds in bottom. |
| 1450 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Boat(bellum) Red clay, drab surface; broken. |
| 1451 | (none) | (none) | B15712 | Small boat. Light clay. Prow, broken off, is pierced with a hole. P. | |
| 1456 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Figurine. Fragment. Clay. Lower portion of a naked woman. |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
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