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)
1451	(none)	(none)	B15712	Small boat. Light clay. Prow, broken off, is pierced with a hole. P.
1112	(none)	(none)	B15711	Clay chair. Fragment. grey-drab clay. P. [drawing 1:1]
1255	(none)	(none)	B15710	Child's rattle in baked clay, double cogged edge and perforations in the sides. P. [drawing]
1292	(none)	(none)	B15709	Clay wheel. Drab clay. Like U.1290. P.
1252	(none)	(none)	B15708	Clay model, a child's toy representing a man mounted upon a horse, which has two heads looking towards each other. The upper part of the rider is broken, and the reins(?) are represented in a curious manner. The whole stands on a clay base with holes for wheels and for a string to pull it along. P. [drawing]
1761	(none)	(none)	B15707	Terracotta figurine. Pig. 2 rear legs missing, incised on belly. P. 15707 [drawing 1:1]
1443	(none)	(none)	B15706	Rattle. Light clay. Pig. Two legs broken. P: 15706
1447	(none)	(none)	B15705	Clay Fragment. Ram's head (broken), Drab clay. modeled.
1580	(none)	(none)	B15704	Clay Lion's head with traces of glaze. P. [drawing 1:1]
1440	(none)	(none)	B15703	Rattle. Bird on pedestal; drab clay, modeled. P.
1524	(none)	(none)	B15702	Bedstead (or chair) Drab clay. 2 legs and back missing. Decorated with 6(?) panels in relief, like the quarterings of a shield. P.
1786	(none)	(none)	B15701	Stool. Buff clay, one leg and corner missing. Rush seat. [drawing 1:1]
1616	(none)	(none)	B15699	Fragment from back of bedstead, or chair; yellow clay. With moulded relief, 2 birds facing among branches. P.
1247	(none)	(none)	B15698	Portion terracotta model probably the head (or foot) of a bed, of which 2 legs remain. The head is decorated inside, quarterly with low reliefs of geese or ducks, and cocks. P. [drawing]
1787	(none)	(none)	B15697	Chair back. Red clay, two birds flanking trees. [drawing 1:1]
1651	(none)	(none)	B15696	Clay relief. fragment of, from back of chair (?) Two female figures, facing each other, with emblems between. P.
1211	(none)	(none)	B15695	Terra cotta face or mask, broken away from rest of object. Resembles Greek comic mask, but may be face of Pazuzu. [drawing] P Photo 174
1406	(none)	(none)	B15694	Mask. Red drab clay. Moulded. Grotesque head.
1747	(none)	(none)	B15693	Terracotta figurine. Fragment. Red clay. Face only of beardless male figure very finely moulded. P.
1535	(none)	(none)	B15692	Clay Head. Red drab clay: modeled, wearing low cap, the eyes separately attached. P.
1732	(none)	(none)	B15691	Terracotta figurine. Fragment. Lower part only, from waist of seated female(?) figure; no details of dress, etc, except that the skirt was flounced. P.
1104	(none)	(none)	B15690	Clay Figurine. Fragment of head, breasts, and left shoulder. moulded; drab clay. [drawing 1:1]
1527	(none)	(none)	B15689	Clay Figurine. Fragment of, head and shoulders only, drab clay: moulded. Bearded figure in high horned headdress. P.
1778	(none)	(none)	B15688	Figurine. Drab clay. Head and shoulders only, with headdress. [drawing 1:1]
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.