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)
1493	(none)	1924,0920.384	(none)	Miniature bowl. Light drab clay; wheelmade; chipped at rim.
1391	(none)	1924,0920.383	(none)	Drab clay fragment. Relief of 2 birds facing each other branches. Moulded.
1630	(none)	1924,0920.382	(none)	Relief. On the back of a broken chair. Drab clay; moulded. 2 figures (nude) with high headdresses, standing side beside. Round them birds.
1774	(none)	1924,0920.381	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Head only, tiered headdress. [drawing 1:1]
1770	(none)	1924,0920.380	(none)	Figurine. Red clay. Female, head and trunk only, holding tamborine. [drawing 1:1]
1769	(none)	1924,0920.378	(none)	Figurine. Red clay. Head and shoulders only. [drawing 1:1]
1772	(none)	1924,0920.377	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay, female, nude,. Head, trunk and thighs only. [drawing 1:1]
1767	(none)	1924,0920.376	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Female, nude, upright, feet broken. [drawing 1:1]
1229	(none)	1924,0920.375	(none)	Terracotta model of a bearded man holding a kid before him. The upper part of head is missing. [drawing] Photo 174
1777	(none)	1924,0920.374	(none)	Relief. Drab clay with lion in relief, skirt of god superimposed. [drawing 1:1]
1768	(none)	1924,0920.373	(none)	Figurine. Red clay. Female, robed, arms raised, feet, broken, worn. [drawing 1:1]
1773	(none)	1924,0920.372	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay, robed and bearded: head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1]
1775	(none)	1924,0920.371	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Male, head and torso only. Bearded and mitred. [drawing 1:1]
1771	(none)	1924,0920.370	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay. Female with headdress and flounced skirt. [drawing 1:1]
1776	(none)	1924,0920.369	(none)	Figurine. Red clay. Flounced robes, with hands raised and carrying pots. [drawing 1:1]
1687	(none)	1924,0920.349	(none)	Cup. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type IX (shallower) =RC.4b. =L (not p)
1683	(none)	1924,0920.328	(none)	Saucer. Greenish clay; wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30
1682	(none)	1924,0920.327	(none)	Saucer. Drab clay; roughly wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30
1684	(none)	1924,0920.325	(none)	Cup. Buff clay; wheelmade. B. Type XXXIV. =RC.26, =L, =P.43a
1666	(none)	1924,0920.304	(none)	Vase. Red clay; wheelmade. Elongated form with pointed bottom, rim broken B. Type CVI. =L.40b (not p)
1681	(none)	1924,0920.301	(none)	Pot. Red-drab clay; wheelmade. Type LIII. =RC.40 =L (not p)
1676	(none)	1924,0920.295	(none)	Jar. Drab clay; wheelmade, ribbed shoulder. B. Type CXVIII =RC.198. (?L ) not p.
1117	(none)	1924,0920.275	(none)	Clay box. Coffin-shaped: adorned with snakes in relief: drab clay. Not to scale. [drawing]
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]
1561	(none)	1924,0920.251	(none)	Base of baked clay cone, with (originally) several narrow columns of inscription of which the first is preserved intact. Inscription of Enannatum I, governor of Lagash, referring to his work in connection with an IB-GAL of the goddess Quanna.