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)
3141	(none)	(none)	(none)	Minute. Duck weight. Of carnelian, nicely cut. Type VI.
3129	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery bowl. Small bowl of drab ware with rounded cheeks. Type CXCV. ? Wrong type see =L. (not p)
3128	(none)	1927,1003.138	(none)	Clay pot. Head made of drab ware with scalloped shoulders. Sketch pattern 1:2. Type as U.1036. [drawing 1:2]
3123	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery saucer. Drab ware with splayed lip. Slightly broken. Type CXCIV, =P.35a
3119	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Female, nude but for necklets, holding tambourine from fine mould. [drawing 1:1]
3118	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Primitive: women nude save for necklet, supporting breasts in her hands. [drawing 1:1]
3117	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Of primitive snow-man technique: bearded male. [drawing 1:1]
3116	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Red ware: draped figure, with fringed shawl crossed at back and laid over shoulders in front. Arms and head missing. [drawing 1:1]
3113	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Drab ware, handmade: a good speciment. Sketch patter 1:2. [drawing 1:2]
3111	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Drab vase, handmade miniature. Sketch pattern 1:1. [drawing 1:1]
3110	(none)	(none)	(none)	Miniature pot. Of red ware, roughly hand-made with round base. Sketch pattern 1:1 Type as U.1484[drawing 1:1]
3106	(none)	1935,0113.326	(none)	Chariot wheel. Terracotta with toothed edge.
3094B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery vase. Small funnel-shaped pots with hole in bottom. (A) Red, (B) Buff. Type XXV, =RC.6, (not p)
3094A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery vase. Small funnel-shaped pots with hole in bottom. (A) Red, (B) Buff. Type XXV, =RC.6, (not p)
3093	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery vase. Greenish buffware with turn-down lip and round belly. Shoulders slightly more pronounced than in type. Type CLII, =RC.135, =P.114
3092	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pottery vase. Pinkish ware with pronounced shoulders, lip broken. Shoulders slightly higher than type. Type CXXXIX, =P.112.
3085	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal cylinder. Fragment. About BC 2600. Diorite. [drawing]
3084	(none)	1927,1003.202	(none)	Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC 2700. [drawing]
3078	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta horsehead. [drawing 1:1]
3077	(none)	1927,1003.175	(none)	Head of terracotta figurine. Finely modeled head with tall headdress. [drawing 1:1]
3076	(none)	1927,1003.163	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female with elaborately dressed hair, head and torso only. [drawing 1:1]
3075	31-16-937	(none)	(none)	Terracotta mask. Much encrusted with salt, but apparently not grotesque.
3072	(none)	(none)	(none)	Grotesque mask. Pinkish marble, pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]
3068B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Two ducks. Of white frit originally glazed. Pierced for suspension.
3068A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Two ducks. Of white frit originally glazed. Pierced for suspension.