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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)
18247	33-35-14	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Of two bearded male figures advancing full face, side by side, holding mace and litnus. In very poor condition.
18612	33-35-23	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Of single female figure- hands clasped below the breast. wearing heavy ruffles or necklace round the neck. & a headdress of five large bunches of hair. Lines round the waist.
18610	33-35-22	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Of naked female figure: hands clasped below the breast, hair dressed in curls over the ears and necklace round the neck. Broken about the knees.
18618	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Of naked female figure, hands clasped below the breast, hair done in outstanding curl on each side of the head. Broken below the knees.
18613	33-35-24	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Of bearded male figure wearing a high headdress, with ornament falling down from it to below the shoulders on each side. Curls of hair on each side of the face, hands clasped, and wearing some kind of close-fitting dress. Broken below the waist.
18620	33-35-58	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Of a lion, passing to the right with mouth open, tail over back.
16498A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude woman suckling an infant. Good modelling, high relief. [drawing 1:1] (A) Broken away from waist (as drawn) (B) Broken away at hips and face smashed; from a similar but slightly smaller mould; (C) Head and legs below knees missing: perhaps from a different mould but very similar. (D) Head and feet missing; poor impression, not from the same mould as last, but perhaps identical with (A); (E) Missing from waist downward: (smaller mould); (F) Fragment broken away at hips, poor specimen; (G) Fragment head and legs below knees missing; (H) Complete, good impression, probably from different mould.
16498B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude woman suckling an infant. Good modelling, high relief. [drawing 1:1] (A) Broken away from waist (as drawn) (B) Broken away at hips and face smashed; from a similar but slightly smaller mould; (C) Head and legs below knees missing: perhaps from a different mould but very similar. (D) Head and feet missing; poor impression, not from the same mould as last, but perhaps identical with (A); (E) Missing from waist downward: (smaller mould); (F) Fragment broken away at hips, poor specimen; (G) Fragment head and legs below knees missing; (H) Complete, good impression, probably from different mould.
16498F	(none)	1931,1010.450	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude woman suckling an infant. Good modelling, high relief. [drawing 1:1] (A) Broken away from waist (as drawn) (B) Broken away at hips and face smashed; from a similar but slightly smaller mould; (C) Head and legs below knees missing: perhaps from a different mould but very similar. (D) Head and feet missing; poor impression, not from the same mould as last, but perhaps identical with (A); (E) Missing from waist downward: (smaller mould); (F) Fragment broken away at hips, poor specimen; (G) Fragment head and legs below knees missing; (H) Complete, good impression, probably from different mould.
16498G	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude woman suckling an infant. Good modelling, high relief. [drawing 1:1] (A) Broken away from waist (as drawn) (B) Broken away at hips and face smashed; from a similar but slightly smaller mould; (C) Head and legs below knees missing: perhaps from a different mould but very similar. (D) Head and feet missing; poor impression, not from the same mould as last, but perhaps identical with (A); (E) Missing from waist downward: (smaller mould); (F) Fragment broken away at hips, poor specimen; (G) Fragment head and legs below knees missing; (H) Complete, good impression, probably from different mould.
17125	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude male figure, standing, holding cups (?) to his breast. (A) Complete. Type X. 3.
16480	(none)	1931,1010.407	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude goddess standing on a lion. Type XII. 1. (A) Fragment the lion complete, but only the feet of the goddess left.
18044	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude goddess standing full face, left hand below breast, right extended : high crown : the body nude but a short cloak or shawl over the right shoulder. Fragment, from the thighs upwards.
18040A	32-40-31	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude girl standing full face, left hand to breast, right raised to shoulder level. (the body has an almost Praxitelian curve!). (A) Complete, except for the lower leg. (B) Fragment from the waist upwards. (C) Fragment, from the hips upwards.
18040B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude girl standing full face, left hand to breast, right raised to shoulder level. (the body has an almost Praxitelian curve!). (A) Complete, except for the lower leg. (B) Fragment from the waist upwards. (C) Fragment, from the hips upwards.
18040C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude girl standing full face, left hand to breast, right raised to shoulder level. (the body has an almost Praxitelian curve!). (A) Complete, except for the lower leg. (B) Fragment from the waist upwards. (C) Fragment, from the hips upwards.
17171	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female. (A) Fragment, broken off below breasts. [drawing].
18039A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female, -young girl- standing full face, hands clasped = hair in waves, double necklace. (A) = fragment, complete from thighs upwards. (B) Fragment, from waist up. Not from the same mould, but identical type. (C) Fragment from waist up = perhaps from the same mould as (B). (D) Fragment, from hips up = same type but from a smaller mould.
18039B	32-40-35	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female, -young girl- standing full face, hands clasped = hair in waves, double necklace. (A) = fragment, complete from thighs upwards. (B) Fragment, from waist up. Not from the same mould, but identical type. (C) Fragment from waist up = perhaps from the same mould as (B). (D) Fragment, from hips up = same type but from a smaller mould.
18039C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female, -young girl- standing full face, hands clasped = hair in waves, double necklace. (A) = fragment, complete from thighs upwards. (B) Fragment, from waist up. Not from the same mould, but identical type. (C) Fragment from waist up = perhaps from the same mould as (B). (D) Fragment, from hips up = same type but from a smaller mould.
18039D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female, -young girl- standing full face, hands clasped = hair in waves, double necklace. (A) = fragment, complete from thighs upwards. (B) Fragment, from waist up. Not from the same mould, but identical type. (C) Fragment from waist up = perhaps from the same mould as (B). (D) Fragment, from hips up = same type but from a smaller mould.
16902A	31-43-383	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female with hands to breasts. High relief. [drawing 1:1] (A) Broken away at knees; good condition; (B) Fragment head an feet missing.
16902B	(none)	1935,0113.104	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female with hands to breasts. High relief. [drawing 1:1] (A) Broken away at knees; good condition; (B) Fragment head an feet missing.
17170	(none)	1931,1010.406	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female with hands clasped below breasts. Crude grotesque type. (A) Broken only at legs. [drawing]
16923	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female with hands below breasts; heavy coiffure on head. (A) Poor impression. Broken away at hands. [drawing]