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)
7914	(none)	1928,1009.474	(none)	Terracotta dog? Black lines painted down back and sides. Traces of harness? Projecting ridge over head and top of back and horizontal band round top of tail. Horizontal ridges below neck running across back and beneath belly. [drawing 1:1]
7898	(none)	1928,1010.243	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Presentation scene to seated Nannar. Minor deity leads votary by the hand. Criss-cross markings. IIIrd Ur Dynasty.
7897	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder Seal. Steatite. Black. 2 spread eagles. Reversed and undulating toothed band running between them and round the body of the seal.
7847	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of clay brick stamp. (Dungi). HC.51
7823	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick not identified about 26 lines.
7796	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick Siniddinam inscription, and marked [drawing of two crescents] = U3115, the only other example?
777	(none)	1923,1110.112	(none)	Terracotta mask fr. of. in pinkish-drab clay. [drawing 1:1]
7715	(none)	1928,1009.4	(none)	Brick. Siniddinam, inscription on edge = U.3115 (some variants?), incomplete and without showing the 2 crescents of U.3115. HC.15.
771	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay mask. Fragment of, in whitish clay. [drawing 1:1]
7704	(none)	1928,1009.3	(none)	Brick. Bur-Sin. Concerning Ki-en-nu-ga Uri^ki-ma = Watch house of Uri (inscription on edge). HC.6.
770	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay statuette. Snowman technique. [drawing]
7690	(none)	1928,1009.57	(none)	Flat seal. Pyramidal. 5 round cavities on flat side [drawing of pattern]
7683	(none)	1928,1009.56	(none)	Flat seal. Rectangular base with rounded corners. Half cylinder pierced superimposed. Steatite. Mottled grey. Inscribed. Powerful bull=like animal with head bent downwards. In style of Mohenjo Daro seals.
7678	(none)	(none)	B16818	Puzuzu. Miniature head. Shell. White. [drawing 1:1]
7676	(none)	1928,1009.466	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Fragment. Top portion missing. 2 maile figures clad in short tunics and standing on either side of entrance to shrine? Each grasps the ribbed door post in one hand. [drawing 1:1]
7675	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Head only remains. Female with broad fillet round forehead and hair done up in a thick curl on either side of ear. [drawing 1:1]
7674	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Fragment. Head of goddess wearing high horned headdress. Concave back.
7673	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female in low relief, right arm held below breast, left arm bent at elbow and upraised. [drawing 1:1]
7671	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female wearing fillet? round forehead. Hands clasped below breast. Missing below knees. In high relief. Back as usual unmodeled; rough overlap with jagged edges to each side of back. [drawing 1:1]
7670	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Hands clasped below breast. Head and feet missing. Female wears necklace and wrist bangles. Between the breasts a rosette and on either side a vertical post? decorated at intervals with rosettes. [drawing 1:1]
7665	(none)	(none)	B16763	Miniature head. Stone. Grey. For inlay, flat back. Large hollow eye sockets. Eyeballs originally inlaid, missing. Only upper half of cheeks and portion of chin represented. Beard of different material probably fitted on to lower portion of face.
7663	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flat seal. Sard, pale blue. Winged insect?
7662	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal. Double conoid with flattened sides. Incised markings on one side. [drawing 1:1]
7658	(none)	(none)	B16890	Cylinder seal. Marble? White. Hero between two rampant bulls? On either side of bulls a rampant lion. Between the lions a post surmounted by a star.
7640	(none)	1928,1009.43	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. Black. Inscribed? In the middle a palm tree rising from a font, on either side of the font a snake? head touching the basin. Also, on either side of the font a male figure one hand upraised as if in ceremony. Possibly the curved markings at the side of the font may represent running water or handles fixed at the top and free below. cf. U.7628.