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)
17775	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weight. Diorite. Type II. [drawing 1:1]
2519	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weight. Basalt. Inscribed. [inscription] : igi 6 gal = 1/6. Type I
16421C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weight Mottled granite. Ovoid. Single stroke incised on one side. To be weighedType I.
16421B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weight Drab steatite. Lentoid. To be weighed. Type II.
1548	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weight (?) of white stone or marble; elongated oval in shape; pierced horizontally through greatest breadth. Type II
18344	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weight (?) of green stone. Circular, with straight vertical sides and flattened conical tip. ? Like this [drawing]. Type XX.
1505	(none)	1924,0920.182	(none)	Weight (?) Black stone. Blunt-end cigar-shaped. Type II. [drawing 2:5]
1508	(none)	1924,0920.185	(none)	Weight (?) Black stone, with groove cut round the middle. Like U.1507, more elongated. Type III.
15041	30-12-523	(none)	(none)	Weight Diorite? (elongated date stone) inscribed: 1 shekel. Type III.
2985	29-174-19	(none)	(none)	Water pot. Drab ware with rounded base and sieve top. Type CLXXXVIII (not p)
1677	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ware. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type IV. Not p.
17117A	31-43-194	(none)	(none)	Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken.
17117B	31-43-195	(none)	(none)	Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken.
17117C	(none)	1931,1010.189	(none)	Wall-cones of white calcite. A. blunt point: a roughly incised line round the stem near the head. B. plain. C. Similar to (B), head broken.
1666	(none)	1924,0920.304	(none)	Vase. Red clay; wheelmade. Elongated form with pointed bottom, rim broken B. Type CVI. =L.40b (not p)
1737	(none)	(none)	B15772	Vase. Miniature. Light pinkish ware. P. [drawing 1:1]
1751	(none)	(none)	B15767	Vase. Light red clay, creamy engobbage. Handmade. Ornament incised before baking, design of 5 geese in a row and a palm tree. P.
1692	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. Upper part broken away. B. Type XXIX, but more rounded outline. (not p)
1713	(none)	(none)	B15781	Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. Broken at rim. Waisted form. [drawing 2:5]
1667	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type CVIII. =RC.55. =L (not p)
17084	(none)	1931,1010.539	(none)	Vase. Baked clay. With 4 hug handles and incised decoration. Type 1)LXVIII. =L.
17301	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase. Baked clay. Light drab. With incised decoration of a tree one side and vagina on the other: above, hands of a combed and hatched ornament. Type: 1DLXIX =L.54a.
2967	(none)	1927,1003.141	(none)	Vase on stand. Drab ware, roughly handmade. Base ornamented with affixed clay discs. Sketch pattern 1:1. [drawing 1:1]
18104	32-40-2	(none)	(none)	Vase of light drab clay in the form of a woman carrying a jar. (the arms broken). [drawing 1:1]
2715A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase fragments. Drab ware with snakes in relief: both have incised diamond pattern. Sketches. [drawing]