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)
18293	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Eagle (?) with outspread wings, in angles of fretted zigzag.
18291	(none)	(none)	(none)	Amulet. Translucent green steatite.
18290	(none)	(none)	(none)	Amulet. Shell. Puzuzu head.
18289	33-35-259	(none)	(none)	Clay seal impression. From a cylinder. Standing figure of worshipper, with shaven head and long dress.
18287	(none)	(none)	(none)	Potsherd. Engraved on the wet clay with a figure of a bird.
18285	33-35-80	(none)	(none)	Signet ring. Copper. With oval bezel on which an engraved design, (corroded).
18284	33-35-170	(none)	(none)	Stamp seal. Facetted conical: chalcedony. Persian type. Two standing figures worshipping before an altar: crescent above.
18283	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. A god and a worshipper, standing and 2 columns of inscription.
18282	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark greenish grey steatite. A naked hunter with 2 lions heraldically crossed and rampant. Rather poor archaic work.
18281	(none)	1933,1013.81	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steaitte. Star and crascent on staff above altar: naked goddess standing full face: worshipper with basket facing a standing god who rests his foot on a lion (?). Poor work.
18279	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers: above, presentation scene with seated goddess and 2 standign figures. Below, swans. Poorly shaped and poorly cut: much worn.
18278	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. Presentation scene with seated goddess and 2 standing figures.
18276	33-35-174	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Fragment of greenish grey steatite. Only 2 columns of inscription left; no figures.
18274	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. Presentation scene, standing god and 2 other standing figures.
18263	(none)	(none)	(none)	Model stool. Terracotta. Square seat with cone center: two legs broken.
18262	(none)	1933,1013.85	(none)	Pendant. A shale (?) ring with knob pierced for suspension, in which are set, one on either side, shell rings with a central disk of lapis lazuli: the edges of the shale ring bevelled. [drawing]
18261	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Hand modelled. A goat, standing, with head thrown back.
18259	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight. Shell. Type VI.
18258	33-35-173	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Presentation scene. Seated goddess, with 2 standing figures and 2 lizards. Poor condition.
18257	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White limestone. Winged monster and scorpion.
18250	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bronze (?) spatula. Not RC type [drawing]
18249	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stamp of dark steatite. Perhaps a jeweller's die. A god standing on the back of a lion. [drawing 1:1]
18248	33-35-172	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink limestone. Two men fighting a lion. Poor work and in poor condition.
18247	33-35-14	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Of two bearded male figures advancing full face, side by side, holding mace and litnus. In very poor condition.
18246	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta mould for a standing figure of a draped god, with long flounced skirt. The hands before the beasts, holding a mace.