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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3214 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Buffware with plain lip and well rounded shoulders. Type XLII, =RC.119, (not p). |
| 3213 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Strong red ware, rather rough. Type CXCIX, =RC.110, (not p) |
| 3208 | (none) | 1927,1003.241 | (none) | Shell inlay fragment. Showing lower part of dress and feet of individual in profile. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3206 | 31-16-839 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Drab ware: woman squatting and suckling child. Cf. U.809. | |
| 3201 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine fragment. Drab buff: nude female with ringleted hair. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3200 | (none) | 1927,0527.234 | (none) | Terracotta figurine fragment. Drab ware: made goddess with horn and stars. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 3197 | 33-35-256 | (none) | (none) | Child's rattle. Terracotta: drab. | |
| 3183 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Red ware with strong lip and well marked shoulders. Type CLXXIV, =RC.32, ?=L (not p). |
| 3176 | (none) | 1927,1003.255 | (none) | Stone fragment. Black stone of traditional design. Pierced for suspension. |
| 3171 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Pinkish drab ware with open lip and broad cheeks. Type CLII, =RC.135, =P.114. |
| 3169 | 87-28-21 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta boat. Flat bottomed with ornamented bow and stern. | |
| 3165 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Bearded male, nude, with sickle in right hand and bird in left. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3164 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Good speciment of handmade work, with scalloped edge to shoulder. Sketch pattern 1:2. Type as U.1480. [drawing 1:2] |
| 3163B | 33-35-257 | (none) | (none) | Children's rattles. Mince-pie pattern with scalloped edge. | |
| 3163A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Children's rattles. Mince-pie pattern with scalloped edge. |
| 3162E | (none) | 1935,0113.55 | (none) | Terracotta chariot wheels. | |
| 3162D | 31-16-727 | (none) | (none) | Terracotta chariot wheels. | |
| 3162C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta chariot wheels. |
| 3162B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta chariot wheels A) diam. 0098 B) diam. 0078 C) diam. 0074 D) diam 0068 E) diam. 004 |
| 3162A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta chariot wheels. |
| 3153 | (none) | 1927,1003.168 | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Female, clothed, in profile. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 3152 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Female squatting and suckling child. Same as U.687. |
| 3151 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay goblet. Miniature, hand-made of drab ware. Sketch pattern 1:1. Type as U.1514 [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] | |
| 3142 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Rock crystal eye. Conventional cut, unengraved and pierced for suspension. Egyptian style. [drawing 1:1] |
| 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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