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)
6762	(none)	1927,0527.147	(none)	Frog bead. Frit? E. [drawing 1:1]
6575	(none)	1927,0527.143	(none)	Phallic amulet. Shell. Mottled. E. [drawing 1:1]
7067	(none)	1927,0527.141	(none)	Bull. Pendant. Pink steatite. E. [drawing 1:1]
6905	(none)	1927,0527.139	(none)	Puzuzu. Pendant. Chert. Green. E. [drawing 1:1]
6628	(none)	1927,0527.138	(none)	Head of Puzuzu. Fair example. Steatite. Gray. E. [drawing 1:1]
6094	(none)	1927,0527.131	(none)	Bead necklace. Including agate beads. E.
1217	(none)	1924,0920.99	(none)	Terracotta moulded relief of naked goddess, both hands holding breasts: head missing. [drawing]
1530	(none)	1924,0920.97	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only only. Red drab, clay: moulded. Female figure, clothed with conical headdress, bracelets and necklace.
1244	(none)	1924,0920.96	(none)	Upper part terracotta relief of a god with horned headdress carrying curved weapon upon right shoulder.
1753	(none)	1924,0920.95	(none)	Relief disk. Moulded in greenish-white clay. A grotesque face. The eyes are pierced and so are 2 holes near the place for the ears, as it is for suspension: the disk face is conves, and hollow behind.
1407	(none)	1924,0920.94	(none)	Mask. Red clay: moulded. Grotesque head.
1384	(none)	1924,0920.93	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, from below waist upwards only; drab clay: moulded. Figure with horned headdress.
1603	(none)	1924,0920.92	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, bust only. Drab clay. Moulded. Bearded figure in high horned headdress.
1348	(none)	1924,0920.90	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, feet broken. Nude female figure.
1598	(none)	1924,0920.89	(none)	Clay figurine drab clay: moulded Bare-headed figure, clothed, wearing necklace carrying animal. Height M. 0.105 photo Diqdiqqa
1341	(none)	1924,0920.88	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upward. Drab clay, moulded. Female figure, clother, with long hair, bearing infant in arms.
1310	(none)	1924,0920.87	(none)	Clay relief of 2 seated figures, mother (left) and daughter (rt). The mother holds a vessel before her breast with her left hand.
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.
1346	(none)	1924,0920.85	(none)	Figurine. Light red clay: moulded. Broken away below knees. Female figure, nude, with left hand raised.
1758	(none)	1924,0920.84	(none)	Relief. Light drab clay. Moulded. Female(?) figure seated left; long robe to feet; hgih horned (?) headdress; from the shoulders rise rays or wings represented by 3 strokes.
1338	(none)	1924,0920.83	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Drab clay. From below waist upards only. Moulded: female figure with necklace.
1316	(none)	1924,0920.82	(none)	Upper part of clay relief shewing head of heavily bearded man. app. with right arm raised.
1337	(none)	1924,0920.81	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Reddish drab clay: moulded. Head and breast of female figure, with headdress and necklace.
1624	(none)	1924,0920.80	(none)	Clay figurine. Drab clay; modeled. Seated figure, with necklace.
1376	(none)	1924,0920.79	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, the chair modeled. Female figure seated on chair (facing) holding cup in right hand.