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)
1374	(none)	1924,0920.61	(none)	Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Female figure wearing animal's skin over head and shoulders, and belt; holding circular object in both hands.
1608	(none)	1924,0920.86	(none)	Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Female figure with high horned headdress, wearing flounced skirt and holding out object in left hand.
1538	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Female figure with threefold necklace. Broken off below waist.
1586	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Head missing, much weathered. Figure with flounced skirt.
1387	31-16-832	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Nude female figure, chipped, and feet broken off.
1372	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Nude female figure.
1610	(none)	1935,0113.267	(none)	Figurine. Red clay; modeled. Figure of same type as U.1609 (the head and arms missing)
1721	(none)	(none)	B15631	Figurine. Red clay; moulded. Bearded figure with horned headdress, holding emblems. Found with cylinder seal U.1720. P.
1539	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Red-brown clay: moulded. Female figure, nude, with necklace. The feet broken off.
1533	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Reddish clay, drab surface: moulded. Female figure, nude, with left arm raised. Broken away from knees downwards.
1425	(none)	(none)	B15595	Figurine. Upper part of small -silver- steatite figurine of a bearded and corpulent man holding left hand to breasts: right arm and legs missing. A small -prong- socket on top of the head served for suspension as a charm.
1382	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Yellow clay: moulded, broken away below waist. Female figure.
1783	(none)	(none)	B15639	Figurines. Red clay. Flounced robes, with raised hands and carrying pots, heads and feet missing. [drawing 1:1]
18204	(none)	(none)	(none)	Finger ring of base silver (?). With engraved bezel.
2510	(none)	1927,1003.249	(none)	Finger ring. White shell (much decayed) Oblong bezel with flower rosette and traces of leaf on either side. [drawing 1:1]
6863	(none)	1927,0527.248	(none)	Fish. Frit. Glazed. Pair . One on topo f the other. E. [drawing 1:1]
2543	(none)	1927,1003.186	(none)	Fish. Glazed frit, with clearly marked scales, pierced. ? Photo of better example [drawing 1:1]
2995	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flat seal. Pottery. Neo-Babylonian/Persian Period [drawing]
7690	(none)	1928,1009.57	(none)	Flat seal. Pyramidal. 5 round cavities on flat side [drawing of pattern]
7683	(none)	1928,1009.56	(none)	Flat seal. Rectangular base with rounded corners. Half cylinder pierced superimposed. Steatite. Mottled grey. Inscribed. Powerful bull=like animal with head bent downwards. In style of Mohenjo Daro seals.
7663	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flat seal. Sard, pale blue. Winged insect?
17876	(none)	1932,1008.84	(none)	Flint arrowhead. Leaf shaped: of black flint. The base broken away. [drawing 1:1]
16194	(none)	1931,1010.147	(none)	Flint blade. Leaf shaped with finely serrated edge: slight rib down center. UET V: 159 FOR 16194C) [drawing 1:1]
16739L	31-43-291	(none)	(none)	Flint tools and weapons. Miniature. All Slightly convex. (A) Serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (B) [drawing 1:1] (C) Finely serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (D) Same type as A. (E) Same type as A. (F) Same type as A. (G) Same type as A. Frag. (H) Same type as C. (I) Same type as C. (J) Same type as C. (K) Same type as C. (L) Same type as A. (M) Arrowhead [drawing] (N) Frag. Arrowhead [drawing] (O) Triangular tool. (P) Borer. [drawing] (Q) Arrowhead. Same type as M. (R) Triangular tool. [drawing] (S) Borer. [drawing] (T) Black flint. [drawing 1:1] (U) Arrowhead - flint. [drawing 1:1] (V) Same as A. Dark flint. (W) Adze shaped. [drawing 1:1]
16739O	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flint tools and weapons. Miniature. All Slightly convex. (A) Serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (B) [drawing 1:1] (C) Finely serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (D) Same type as A. (E) Same type as A. (F) Same type as A. (G) Same type as A. Frag. (H) Same type as C. (I) Same type as C. (J) Same type as C. (K) Same type as C. (L) Same type as A. (M) Arrowhead [drawing] (N) Frag. Arrowhead [drawing] (O) Triangular tool. (P) Borer. [drawing] (Q) Arrowhead. Same type as M. (R) Triangular tool. [drawing] (S) Borer. [drawing] (T) Black flint. [drawing 1:1] (U) Arrowhead - flint. [drawing 1:1] (V) Same as A. Dark flint. (W) Adze shaped. [drawing 1:1]