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)
18038D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female with necklace and girdle : hands clasped below breasts. (A) Broken across thighs, otherwise complete. (B and C) Both complete as moulded but the mould was defective : it ends just above the knees and had been damaed at the hips (both impressions from the same mould: query authenticity?) (D) Identical type but from a small mould. Fragment from below breasts upwards.
17606	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female with hands to breasts.
2871	(none)	1927,1003.177	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female with hands clasped. Head and torso only. [drawing 1:1]
3076	(none)	1927,1003.163	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female with elaborately dressed hair, head and torso only. [drawing 1:1]
7671	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female wearing fillet? round forehead. Hands clasped below breast. Missing below knees. In high relief. Back as usual unmodeled; rough overlap with jagged edges to each side of back. [drawing 1:1]
18065	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face; hands clasped; necklace of vertical stripes. Complete from the knees up.
18049A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, suckling an infant: (A) Fragment from hands upwards. (B) Fragment. From hands upwards.
18049B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, suckling an infant: (A) Fragment from hands upwards. (B) Fragment. From hands upwards.
18053	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. The hair in elaborate waves.
18054	32-40-17	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. Slender type. Complete.
18051	32-40-20	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. Head unduly large, body thick and heavy: hair dressed in Egyptian style. Complete from knees upwards.
18052	32-40-12	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. Hair elaborately dressed, big earrings and necklaces. Complete from knees upwards.
18050A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. (A) Fragment, complete from knees upwards. (B) Fragment, from hands upwards.
18050B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. (A) Fragment, complete from knees upwards. (B) Fragment, from hands upwards.
18047A	32-40-34	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. (A) Complete to knees. (B) Complete but mould has failed between knees and feet. (C) Complete. (D) Complete from knees upwards. Poor impression. (E) The same figure but 2 heads struck from the same mould have been attached to one body, very clumsily. Doubtful authenticity. Said to be from Digdiggeh.
18047B	(none)	1932,1008.238	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. (A) Complete to knees. (B) Complete but mould has failed between knees and feet. (C) Complete. (D) Complete from knees upwards. Poor impression. (E) The same figure but 2 heads struck from the same mould have been attached to one body, very clumsily. Doubtful authenticity. Said to be from Digdiggeh.
18047C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. (A) Complete to knees. (B) Complete but mould has failed between knees and feet. (C) Complete. (D) Complete from knees upwards. Poor impression. (E) The same figure but 2 heads struck from the same mould have been attached to one body, very clumsily. Doubtful authenticity. Said to be from Digdiggeh.
18047D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. (A) Complete to knees. (B) Complete but mould has failed between knees and feet. (C) Complete. (D) Complete from knees upwards. Poor impression. (E) The same figure but 2 heads struck from the same mould have been attached to one body, very clumsily. Doubtful authenticity. Said to be from Digdiggeh.
18047E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. (A) Complete to knees. (B) Complete but mould has failed between knees and feet. (C) Complete. (D) Complete from knees upwards. Poor impression. (E) The same figure but 2 heads struck from the same mould have been attached to one body, very clumsily. Doubtful authenticity. Said to be from Digdiggeh.
18056	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped. (A) Complete (but too covered with salt to show detail) except for the feet.
18048A	32-40-33	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped the hair dressed in a heavy rather Egyptian style. (A) Fragment, from clasped hands upwards (background removed). (B) Fragment (background left on) = from belly upwards: much worn.
18048B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face, hands clasped the hair dressed in a heavy rather Egyptian style. (A) Fragment, from clasped hands upwards (background removed). (B) Fragment (background left on) = from belly upwards: much worn.
7673	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female in low relief, right arm held below breast, left arm bent at elbow and upraised. [drawing 1:1]
18035	(none)	1932,1008.247	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female holding tambourine to breast. Gross type but not the most exaggerated. Complete except for legs below knees.
6837	(none)	1927,0527.228	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female hands clasped below breast. Common type. E.