Diqdiqqeh | DQ
| 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 |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1581 | (none) | 1924,0920.115 | (none) | Chair. Drab clay: moulded. With herring-bone pattern on seat, and 2 birds facing each other, with branches of tree; the back broken and legs broken off. | |
 | 411 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chalcedony seal. Very roughly engraved with design of two fish. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3106 | (none) | 1935,0113.326 | (none) | Chariot wheel. Terracotta with toothed edge. | |
| 1629 | (none) | 1924,0920.124 | (none) | Chariot. Fragment. Red clay. Pierced for axle and pole, and having incised triangle ornament in front. [drawing] | |
| 1255 | (none) | (none) | B15710 | Child's rattle in baked clay, double cogged edge and perforations in the sides. P. [drawing] | |
| 2560 | 31-16-993 | (none) | (none) | Child's rattle. Drab clay; circular, of two pieces fitted together. Hole in one side. | |
| 3067 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Child's rattle. Of reddish ware with scalloped edge. |
| 3197 | 33-35-256 | (none) | (none) | Child's rattle. Terracotta: drab. | |
| 3163A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Children's rattles. Mince-pie pattern with scalloped edge. |
| 3163B | 33-35-257 | (none) | (none) | Children's rattles. Mince-pie pattern with scalloped edge. | |
| 15738 | (none) | 1935,0113.77 | (none) | Childs rattle in shape of Terracotta bird. Roughly modeled; head and stump. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17078 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Chisel. Copper. Square section. [drawing 2:5] |
| 17191 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay birds. Roughly modelled by hand. Several similar. [drawing] |
| 17191B | (none) | 1931,1010.493 | (none) | Clay birds. Roughly modelled by hand. Several similar. [drawing] | |
| 844 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay boat. Front part of . [drawing] |
| 1034 | (none) | (none) | B15231 | Clay Boat. hand moulded of greenish clay Stern-piece missing. | |
| 6810 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. Glazed. White. blue glazedround rim. Type LXXXII |
| 6028 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Glazed. 2 small handles on rim. Round base. Type CXXII, nearest approximate. =RC.83 ?6094 |
| 6914 | (none) | (none) | B16638 | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type XXXIX(?) =RC.160mm (not a bowl) (not p) |
| 2899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Miniature of the drab ware : somewhat irregular. Type CLXVII, =P.54 |
| 1037 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. wheelmade. With inverted sides and flat base. Greenish clay, |
| 1118A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Box-lid. 3 fragments. Adorned with snakes in relief: light drab clay. (cf. U.1117) [drawing 2:5] |
| 1118B | (none) | 1924,0920.275 | (none) | Clay Box-lid. 3 fragments. Adorned with snakes in relief: light drab clay. (cf. U.1117) [drawing 2:5] | |
| 1118C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Box-lid. 3 fragments. Adorned with snakes in relief: light drab clay. (cf. U.1117) [drawing 2:5] |
| 1119 | (none) | 1935,0113.821 | (none) | Clay Box-lid.. About 1/3 broken off. Adorned with snakes in relief: snake-headed and boss handle. Reddish clay. [drawing 1:5] |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
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