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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)
1716	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frit ornament. Pectoral, like U.1715 but smaller, broken at one end.
1717	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper arrowhead. Tang broken off. The head round in section. [drawing]
1718	(none)	(none)	B15610	Fragment of shaft (top only) of bitumen paste(?); round at top, hexagonally grooved below. [drawing 2:5]
1720	(none)	1924,0920.57	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black stone. Unfinished and broken; with single figure of erect lion. Found with figurine U.1712.
1721	(none)	(none)	B15631	Figurine. Red clay; moulded. Bearded figure with horned headdress, holding emblems. Found with cylinder seal U.1720. P.
1722	(none)	1924,0920.63	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay; moulded. Female figure, clothed, with high headdress and flounced skirt.
1723	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. Drab clay: moulded. Nude female figure, with necklace.
1724	(none)	(none)	B15645	Standing bearded god. P.
1725	(none)	1924,0920.107	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only: drab clay; moulded; nude female figure.
1726	(none)	1924,0920.101	(none)	Relief. Fragment from back of chair; drab clay; moulded. 2 female(?) figures facing each other with 2 birds on poles and tripod (?) between them.
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.
1729	(none)	(none)	B15668	Terracotta figurine. Fragment of lower part, from waist to ankles, of nude female figure, normal flat and wide-hipped type. P. [drawing]
1730	(none)	(none)	B15665	Terracotta relief. Broken. Nude female figure, full face, right hand below breasts, left hand raised (cf. No.U.1346) head and feet missing. P. [drawing]
1731	(none)	1924,0920.121	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Fragment. On a sort of tray, two miniature couchant lions. Cf. U.1227, which is certainly of the same subject.
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.
1733	(none)	(none)	B15589	Cylinder seal. grey steatite. Very scratchily engraved on one side only with design of 2 men fighting a lion. P. [drawing]
1734	(none)	(none)	B15590	Cylinder seal. grey stone. Broken. Upper part only of introduction scene with crescent moon in front of god. P.
1735	(none)	(none)	B15768	Bowl. Light red clay with creamy slip. P. [drawing 1:1]
1736	(none)	1924,0920.141	(none)	Bowl. Greenish white clay. Same type as U.1735 but rim much chipped. Same size.
1737	(none)	(none)	B15772	Vase. Miniature. Light pinkish ware. P. [drawing 1:1]
1738	(none)	(none)	B15775	Miniature vase. Spouted. Handmade and very rough: light drab clay. P. [drawing 1:1]
1739	(none)	1924,0920.135	(none)	Miniature vase. Light drab clay. Handmade. Cf. RC.83c [drawing]
1740	(none)	1924,0920.136	(none)	Miniature bowl. Hand-made. Flat-bottomed.
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.
1742	(none)	1924,0920.64	(none)	Terracotta relief. Green clay. Female figure, full face, standing with hands raised to breast. Triple feather crown, bead (?) girdle. By the side of the figure traces of rope-pattern, possibly edge of a veil (or shrine) behind the goddess.