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)
2972	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery cist. Drab ware from tomb. Fragmentary.
2971	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery cylinder. Buffware, irregularly pierced. Type CLXXXVI =RC.248
2970	29-174-6	(none)	(none)	Pottery jar. Buffware with round base. Type CLXXXV, =RC.83 (not p)
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]
2966	(none)	1927,1003.140	(none)	Clay vase. Rough handmade miniature of greenish drab ware with incised decoration. Sketch pattern 1:2. [drawing 1:2]
2965	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Rough handmade miniature of drab vase. Sketch pattern 1:2. Type as U.2664. [drawing 1:2]
2939B	(none)	1927,1003.144	(none)	Terracotta pig. Head missing. (B) Has snout and eye. Sketch less than 1:1 [drawing]
2939A	31-16-968	(none)	(none)	Terracotta pig. Head missing. (B) Has snout and eye. Sketch less than 1:1 [drawing]
2938B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Female: head surrounded by moons and stars and vase with double stream in left hand. 2nd vase at foor: right hand holding breast: seated on peacock. Cf. U.978 A+B together do not form a whole (Limit of A base line, of B dotted line). Sketch roughly 1:2 [drawing 1:2]
2938A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Female: head surrounded by moons and stars and vase with double stream in left hand. 2nd vase at foor: right hand holding breast: seated on peacock. Cf. U.978 A+B together do not form a whole (Limit of A base line, of B dotted line). Sketch roughly 1:2 [drawing 1:2]
2936	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Naked votaress with tambourine. [drawing 1:1]
2935	(none)	1927,1003.151	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Female: primitive snowman technique. [drawing 1:2]
2934	(none)	(none)	(none)	String of beads. Small lentoids of carnelian, rock crystal, granite, hematite, red jasper, sard, shell, copper, etc., with shell disc pendant. Together and re-strung arbitrarily.
2933	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of terracotta figurine. Nude female with hands clasped: head and torso only. [drawing 1:1]
2932	(none)	(none)	(none)	Small pottery bowl. Pinkish drab ware. Type CLXXXIV. (not p)
2931	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery vase. Buffware. Type CLXXXIII, =RC.140 (not p)
2929	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery cup. Bowl of buff ware. Type CLXXXI, =p.60.
2928	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery vase. Plain buff ware: lip missing. Type VII. =RC.120 (not p)
2927	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery vase. Reddish ware: lip broken off. Type CLXXX. (not p)
2925	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery vase. Buffware with wheel-marks on shoulder. Type CLXXIX. (not p)
2924B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery Lekythos [in Greek]. Pinkish drab ware, with raised base. (B) Buff, lacking neck and lip. Type CLXXVIII =RC.53 (not p)
2924A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery Lekythos [in Greek]. Pinkish drab ware, with raised base. (B) Buff, lacking neck and lip. Type CLXXVIII =RC.53 (not p)
2916	(none)	1927,1003.143	(none)	Terracotta hen. Head missing. [drawing 1:1]
2914	(none)	1927,1003.161	(none)	Terracotta figurine. One of pair with flounced dress: left hand raised, right hand holding cup. [drawing 1:1]
2909	(none)	(none)	(none)	Miniature frog. Black stone: pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]