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)
1576	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ring. Plain circle, thin gold; probably part of an ornament. [drawing]
1577	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay; moulded. Female figure holding circular object, like U.1344.
1578	(none)	1935,0113.45	(none)	Clay figurine. fragment of, bust only; drab clay; moulded. Female figure with necklace, high headdress, & curled locks of hair; (chipped and weathered).
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.
1582	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment. From large jar(?) Red clay. With part of scorpion (claws broken off) in high relief under rim. [drawing: not to scale]
1583	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment. From jar or vase. Greenish drab clay. With part of scorpion(claws) in high relief under rim. [drawing: not to scale]
1586	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Head missing, much weathered. Figure with flounced skirt.
1587	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Red clay; moulded. Bearded figure with high headdress holding emblems.
1588	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Head only. Drab clay; moulded. Bearded figure with horned headdress. [drawing]
1589	(none)	1924,0920.111	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay; moulded. Bearded figure, nude, with head in profile, carrying axe over right shoulder.
1590	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only . Drab clay; moulded. Female figure, nude, with left arm raised.
1595	(none)	(none)	(none)	Base of cone of Ur-Nammu, with remains of inscription fuplicate of U.872.
1596	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of cone, duplicate of preceding.
1597	(none)	1924,0920.391	(none)	Fragment of cone, mostly illegible, duplicate of preceding.
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
1602	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Greenish-drab clay; moulded. Female (?) figure with horned headdress.
1603	(none)	1924,0920.92	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, bust only. Drab clay. Moulded. Bearded figure in high horned headdress.
1604	(none)	1924,0920.100	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, head and shoulder only; greenish clay; moulded. Female figure with necklace and low headdress.
1605	(none)	(none)	(none)	Relief. Fragment, two heads only. Reddish clay; moulded. Male (bearded?) and female head, of figures standing side by side.
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.
1609	31-16-875	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay; modeled. Female(?) figure with cross-belt (or bandoliers) - legs not indicated: head missing.
1610	(none)	1935,0113.267	(none)	Figurine. Red clay; modeled. Figure of same type as U.1609 (the head and arms missing)
1612	(none)	1924,0920.71	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, bust only. Greenish clay; moulded. Bearded head with high horned headdress.
1613	(none)	1924,0920.78	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay; moulded. Figure with skirt to knees, legs in profile, carrying axe (?) over right shoulder; head missing.
1614	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only. Drab clay: moulded. Female(?) figure with high headdress, clothed, and having rosettes at each shoulder. There are also rosettes on background.