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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)
3290B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Duck weights. Of black stone and shell, latter better carved. Type VI.
3293	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Votaress with dressed hair and headdress. [drawing 1:1]
3324	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Soapstone. About BC 2800. Winged gate on crouching bull [drawing]
3325	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal cylinder about BC 2400. Introducing worshipper to a goddess. [drawing]
3342	(none)	1927,1003.193	(none)	Seal Cylinder. White limestone. Worn. Worshipping the Tree of Life. Assyrian influence BC 1200 (?) [drawing]
3343	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Limestone. Worn. Tree of Life about BC 1200. [drawing]
3350	31-16-940	(none)	(none)	Fragment of mould for figurine. Limestone: showing flounced skirt of draped figure.
3354	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of limestone tablet. Inscribed both sides. Historical inscription? About BC 700? H.C.
3359	(none)	1927,1003.203	(none)	Seal cylinder. Diorite. About BC 2500. [drawing]
3374	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick of Warad-Sin, recording his cutting of the canal called Nannar-hul.
6028	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay bowl. Glazed. 2 small handles on rim. Round base. Type CXXII, nearest approximate. =RC.83 ?6094
6058	(none)	1927,0527.181	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 spread eagles, reversed and a scorpion. E.
6063D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Seems to have been added to U.6063 catalog card at a later time, explains that Bronze arrowheads. 3 petal shaped grooves running to a point. B. [drawing 1:1]
6063E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bronze arrowheads. 3 petal shaped grooves running to a point.
6067	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. 2 men exchanging greetings and inscription. Arad-dam son of Badada About BC 1900. B. VII. [drawing]
6068	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frog amulet. Lapis lazuli. [drawing]
6090	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed. Presentation to seated god probably Shamash. Worshipper introduced by seated goddess wearing horned attire and long pleated robe covering one shoulder and leaving other bare. Worshipper has fringed shawl. Attributes: ? Libra ? Inscription: Ilu-Shamash. c. 1st Babylonian Dynasty.B.
6094	(none)	1927,0527.131	(none)	Bead necklace. Including agate beads. E.
6123	(none)	1927,0527.64	(none)	Weight. Reddish stone. Pyramid shaped. Hole at top for stringing. Type IV.
6169B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Unknown
6169A	(none)	1927,0527.229	(none)	Baked clay figurine. Nude female standing on a lion. Left arm bent at elbow. E. [drawing 1:1]
6193	(none)	(none)	(none)	Frog bead. Lapis lazuli? Head beaten.
6228	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta plaque. Two ostriches in profile facing one another below remains of two feet, supports for the object. B. [drawing]
6482	(none)	1927,0527.184	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Weatherworn. Presentation to a standing god. About BC 2200.
6483	(none)	1927,0527.194	(none)	Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Inscribed. Bur-a-mu. Son of Hu-hu-a the metal worker (precious metal). About BC 2400.