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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)
1313	(none)	(none)	B15656	Clay relief.shewoing man in fringed dress of Gudea style, facing front, and bearing a kid or goat in his arms. P. photo 174 Diqdiqqa
1531	(none)	(none)	B15655	Figurine. Fragment., below waist upwards only: drab clay: moulded. Female figure, same type as U.1530. P.
1528	(none)	(none)	B15654	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Red clay, yellow surface: moulded. Figure in horned headdress. P.
1606	(none)	(none)	B15652	Relief. Fragment. Drab clay; moulded. Figure of man (riding?) from waist upwards - the head in profile - and head of horse. P.
1566	(none)	(none)	B15651	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay: moulded. Female(?) figure with headdress and garment on left shoulder, the right arm raised. P.
1762	(none)	(none)	B15650	Terracotta relief. Red clay. Moulded. Bearded figure, full face. On head, high horned cap (chipped), long curls on shoulder, bull's ears: dress presumably sheepskin queerly treated with lobes in relief: right hand holds mace to shoulder left hand apparently an axe of this type. Broken at waist.
1785	(none)	(none)	B15649	Figurine. Red clay. Male. Head and trunk only. Cracks in head and beard. [drawing 1:1]
1227	(none)	(none)	B15648	Upper part of a large terracotta relief; a female-headed figure holds before its waist a kind of tray on which stand 2 small human (female)? Figures and 2 uncertain objects lie horizontally before them. Lower part of the relief missing. P. [drawing]
1377	(none)	(none)	B15647	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded figure, chair modeled. Bearded figure with headdress, seated facing. P
1579	(none)	(none)	B15646	Figurine. Red clay, light surface; moulded. Female figure, seated, with flounced skirt, horned headdress, and with rays behind head. P.
1724	(none)	(none)	B15645	Standing bearded god. P.
1239	(none)	(none)	B15644	Part of a terracotta relief of a standing draped woman. Left hand at waist, right hand hanging straight; hair elaborately dressed on both sides of face. Light buff clay. P.
1392	(none)	(none)	B15643	Drab clay relief. Moulded. 2 figures standing, wearing flounced skirts, one with horned headdress. Crescent of moon and stars above. P.
1745	(none)	(none)	B15642	Terracotta relief. Light red clay. Intact. Bearded male figure advancing right. Wears plain brimmed hat, vest and long cloak fringed down front and along bottom edge (which comes to calf) hands to chest, right hand holding throw-stick(?) in background a table with offerings(?) P.
1741	(none)	(none)	B15641	Terracotta relief. 2 figures full face side by side; on l, male figure, on rt. female: both wear long skirts. Whole surface of clay flaked off & details of figs lost. P.
1728	(none)	(none)	B15640	Terracotta relief. 2 figures (intact). Left bearded god with long flounced dress, holds scepter (?) in right hand; full face; left hand across chest; right goddess with tall horned crown, flounced skirt and shawl, over left shoulder, left hand across chest, right hand on shoulder of male figure: full face. The plaque stands upright on a slightly hollow base. P.
1783	(none)	(none)	B15639	Figurines. Red clay. Flounced robes, with raised hands and carrying pots, heads and feet missing. [drawing 1:1]
1332	(none)	(none)	B15638	Figurine. Drab clay. Moulded. Nude bearded figure holding jar, god Ea(?) as in U.1331. P.
1784	(none)	(none)	B15637	Figurine. Drab clay. Male, bearded and mitred bearing maces. Head and torso only. [drawing 1:1]
1216	(none)	(none)	B15636	Small terracotta moulded relief, the lower end bent forward. Female figure possibly goddess, with elaborate headdress, wearing long flounced robe, hands clasped at waist. [drawing]
1311	(none)	(none)	B15635	Clay relief. Similar to the preceding.
1744	(none)	(none)	B15634	Terracotta relief. Green clay. Figure of goddess, full face, hands below breasts holding situla-bottles. Mural(?) crown on head above heavily frizzed hair: several necklaces but breasts bare: big cloak with rosettes on shoulders hands concealing arms: from waist, flounced and pleated skirt, rosettes by ears and alongside skirt. P.
1375	(none)	(none)	B15633	Figurine. Greenish grey clay: moulded. Female(?) figure seated on chair, (legs in profile) wearing horned headdress and flounced skirt. P.
1330	(none)	(none)	B15632	Clay figurine. Red clay. Moulded. Bearded figure, wearing flounced robe and holding scepter in the right hand. P.
1721	(none)	(none)	B15631	Figurine. Red clay; moulded. Bearded figure with horned headdress, holding emblems. Found with cylinder seal U.1720. P.