Diqdiqqeh | DQ
| 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 |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1458 | 31-16-789 | (none) | (none) | Relief fragment. Clay. Lower part showing the waist and legs of a naked woman. The base is rounded out to form a stand. | |
 | 1459 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Figurine fragment. Clay. Lower part of a naked woman. |
| 1462 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Relief fragment. Clay. Top with part of a human figure holding uncertain object in outstretched hand. |
| 1464 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small clay model, apparently of a dog crouching on top of a box: perhaps used as a pendant charm. |
| 1465 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment from rim of large clay pot with incised decoartions: four rows of oblique strokes above, and branch decoration below. |
| 1466 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Wheel. Red-drab clay. Split in two, one side missing. |
| 1467 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Wheel. Drab clay. |
| 1468 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Wheel. Red clay, chipped. |
| 1469 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Wheel. Light clay, broken. |
| 1470 | (none) | (none) | B15588 | Mould. Greenish clay, subject not identifiable. P. | |
| 1471 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl of mortar. Greenish-brown veined stone. |
| 1473 | (none) | (none) | B15769 | Strainer. Small bowl. Drab clay. Perforated. P. | |
| 1474 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Strainer. Shallow bowl, perforated. Drab clay. |
| 1475 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Strainer. Small bowl, perforated. Drab clay. |
| 1481 | (none) | (none) | B15778 | Miniature jar. Red clay, light drab surface; handmade. With roughly incised pattern on shoulder; broken at rim. P. [drawing] | |
| 1482 | (none) | (none) | B15774 | Clay jar (miniature). Whitish surface; handmade. With 3 spout-like projections P [drawing] | |
| 1486 | (none) | (none) | B15776 | Miniature bowl. Drab clay; handmade. Chipped. Like U.1485. P. | |
| 1489 | (none) | (none) | B15714 | Miniature jar. Greenish clay; handmade. Broken at neck. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1490 | (none) | (none) | B15782 | Jar. Yellowish clay; handmade. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1492 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature pot. Drab clay, with remains of green glaze. Wheelmade. Type 662 =P.99 [drawing 1:1] |
| 1494 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature bowl. Red drab clay; wheelmade; rim broken. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1495 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cup. Red clay; wheelmade; rim chipped. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1496 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Saucer. Drab clay; handmade. Rough. ?Larsa [drawing 1:1] |
| 1497 | (none) | (none) | B15777 | Miniature bottle. Drab clay; handmade. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1498 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature bowl. Yellow clay; handmade. [drawing 1:1] |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
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