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)
18569	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female figure with hands clasped below breasts. (much of the surface flaked away). Feet broken off.
2936	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Naked votaress with tambourine. [drawing 1:1]
7107	(none)	(none)	B16255	Terracotta Figurine. Naked female, hands clasped against waist. Common type. [drawing 1:1] E
18301	(none)	1933,1013.188	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Moulded. Upper half of greenish drab clay. Bearded god, draped, with horned crown, hands in front of body holding maces (?) Kassite (?). Flaccid work. Broken off just above the knees.
18302	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Moulded. Red clay. Upper part of woman, nude, suckling an infant. She wears a necklace and hair falling heavily on the shoulders. Broken off at waist. Good well rounded work.
18304	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Moulded. Light drab clay. Upper part of nude girl with hands clasped below breasts: hair falling on shoulder in Egyptian style: face fat and heavy. Broken off above hips.
16464	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Moulded. Bearded god. (A) Broken away below waist. [drawing 1:1]
16461	31-43-435	(none)	(none)	Terracotta Figurine. Moulded and then partly hand-modeled. Bearded and horned god. [drawing]
18009	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Man standing full face and holding a kid. Fragment from hips upwards.
18005A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Man advancing right and carrying a flail over his right shoulder. (A) Complete. (B) Head and shoulders only.
18005B	(none)	1935,0113.86	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Man advancing right and carrying a flail over his right shoulder. (A) Complete. (B) Head and shoulders only.
2991	(none)	1927,1003.166	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Male with headgear, in profile: stick in left hand. [drawing 1:1]
8111	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Made from a mould. Missing below waist. Nude female wearing necklace and wrist bangles, hands clasped below breast. Thick bandeau to keep in the hair which hangs loose behind the ears. [drawing 1:1]
18455	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Lower part of hand-modelled. A female figure wearing a long dress
6940	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Lost below waist. Bearded male with monkey on head, monkey's feet resting on shoulders. Cord hangs down from monkey's neck in front of male figure. B.
6892	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Horse and rider. Wooden looking primitive workmanship. B. [drawing 1:1]
8112	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Heavily draped goddess hands clasped below breast. Missing below waist. Hair done up in a bandeau which is worn high over the forehead. Markings on the forehead below the bandeau. These may be intended to represent fringes of hair? or jewellry? 2 horns are on either side of head over the ear. Hair ends in a thick bunch on either side of ear. Behind the head a feathered headdress (sheaves of corn?). Goddess wears necklace consisting of 3 strings of small beads and below the 3 strings a fourth of heavy beads with a large central bead. Top of dress consists of 2 thick bands falling from each shoulder and forming the angle of a V between the breasts. Band appears to be raised on left shoulder. Thick sleeves pleted at elbows. Heavy wrist-bangles. [drawing 1:1]
7675	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Head only remains. Female with broad fillet round forehead and hair done up in a thick curl on either side of ear. [drawing 1:1]
16944A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Hand-modeled on a moulded stump of body, the head with hair, and the arms being added separately. (A) Complete; (B) Fragment from waist to feet; flat and board-like. Type III,B.
16944B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Hand-modeled on a moulded stump of body, the head with hair, and the arms being added separately. (A) Complete; (B) Fragment from waist to feet; flat and board-like. Type III,B.
18076	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Hand modelled. Very crude figure of a god (?) bearded and wearing a long garment. Complete.
18073	(none)	1932,1008.250	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Hand modelled. Snowman technique. Nude female figure holding a dish (or tambourine) against her breast. Elaborate hair, necklaces etc. Fragment, complete from hips up.
18162	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Hand modelled. Nude female figure with heavy hair. Body below pelvis and both arms missing.
18072	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Hand modelled. Nude female figure standing full face and holding a dish (?) before her breasts. Snowman technique. Complete.
18083	(none)	1935,0113.91	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Hand modelled. Miniature human figure with head, rudimentary arms and shapeless trunk. Left arm missing.