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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)
7125	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell. 2 registers. Procession of figs towards seated goddess. Below. 2 crossed animals. On either side a lion. B. Before 3000 BC.
7118	(none)	(none)	B16288	Cylinder seal. White shell. 2 registers. Upper register. Spend eagle between 2 gazelles - standing club. Below. Net. Before 3000 BC. E.
7128	(none)	1927,0527.187	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell. Fragment. 2 crossed ibex? Attacked by rampant lion and on the other side by Gilgamesh. Before 3000 BC. E.
7120	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White shell. Linear decoration. Before 3000
7127	(none)	(none)	B16295	Cylinder seal. White shell. Winged gate over crouching bull on right, a seated goddess on left, and kneeling Gilgamesh both holding gate with ropes. Before 3000 BC? E.
1546	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White stone. Human figure and lion(?)
1267	(none)	(none)	B15592, B15592	Cylinder seal; scene of "introduction" to seated god facing right, with star and crescent above. Inscription: Lugal-asum-gal (cf. U.1268) mar Ur-sul. Su-du-a.
1266	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal; two confronted human figures slaying lion which rears between them facing left. Inscription. Emuk(GIR)-i-li-sa(!) mar Urdnin-? PA KU(?) LU(?)
16552	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder-seal, hematite. No personal name Shamash: Aia H.C. 30/II, 8.
17360	(none)	(none)	(none)	Date stone. Jasper (?) Reddish. [drawing 1:1]
2505	(none)	(none)	(none)	Doubtful cylinder seal. greyish limestone. Unpierced fragment. A few lines of figures or signs [shown in drawing]. Period ? [drawing]
2530	31-16-907	(none)	(none)	Drab clay figurine. Male with flounced dress. Head missing. [drawing 1:1]
1391	(none)	1924,0920.383	(none)	Drab clay fragment. Relief of 2 birds facing each other branches. Moulded.
1390	31-16-806	(none)	(none)	Drab clay fragment. Skirt of seated figure between 2 birds. Moulded.
1393	(none)	1924,0920.70	(none)	Drab clay relief. Moulded figures. 2 figures seated side by side (on modeled seat) clothed, but one shoulder of each bare, extending each an arm towards the other. Crescent moon (?) above.
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.
1394	(none)	1935,0113.37	(none)	Drab clay. Fragment. Moulded. Heads of 2 figures, one with horned headdress.
7586	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight Diorite. Blue grey. Bottom chipped. Type VI.
16417	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight Pebble. brownish-purple, eyes originally inlaid. Type VI.
1101	(none)	(none)	B15730	Duck weight. Black granite. Rough P.
2532	(none)	1927,1003.62	(none)	Duck weight. Black stone. Type VI [drawing 1:1]
17765	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight. Diorite. Markings on back. Type VI. [drawing 1:1]
17718	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight. Diorite. Type VI
17719	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight. Diorite. Type VI
17720	(none)	(none)	(none)	Duck weight. Diorite. Type VI