Diqdiqqeh | DQ
| 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 |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1681 | (none) | 1924,0920.301 | (none) | Pot. Red-drab clay; wheelmade. Type LIII. =RC.40 =L (not p) | |
| 1682 | (none) | 1924,0920.327 | (none) | Saucer. Drab clay; roughly wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30 | |
| 1683 | (none) | 1924,0920.328 | (none) | Saucer. Greenish clay; wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30 | |
| 1684 | (none) | 1924,0920.325 | (none) | Cup. Buff clay; wheelmade. B. Type XXXIV. =RC.26, =L, =P.43a | |
 | 1685 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cup. Red clay; wheelmade. B. Type VI. =RC.27 (not p) |
| 1686 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cup. Red drab clay: wheelmade. B Type XLIV (not p) |
| 1687 | (none) | 1924,0920.349 | (none) | Cup. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type IX (shallower) =RC.4b. =L (not p) | |
| 1688 | (none) | (none) | B15788 | Cup or saucer. Red clay; wheelmade. B. Type IX (shallower) (not p) | |
| 1689 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Red-drab clay; wheelmade, small. B. Type VII. =RC.120 (not p) |
| 1690 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Drab clay; wheelmade, small; rim broken. B. Type XXXVII. =P.113 |
| 1691 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Light drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type XXXVI. =P.127 |
| 1692 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. Upper part broken away. B. Type XXIX, but more rounded outline. (not p) |
| 1693 | (none) | (none) | B15785 | Jar. Red clay; wheelmade. B. Type CXIX. =RC.179 | |
| 1695 | (none) | 1924,0920.246 | (none) | Stone tablet. Fragment. Sharply convex both sides, on one of which are traces of what is perhaps a very archaic, semi-heiroglyphic inscription but mostly obliterated. |
| 1703 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Box-lid. Fragment, with boss handle and spotted snake decoration. [drawing 1:4] |
| 1704 | (none) | 1924,0920.236 | (none) | Bronze stilus. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1706 | (none) | (none) | B15594 | Cylinder seal. Light brown stone. With traces of archaic design of fishes. | |
| 1707 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Stone. Half broken away. With erect animal and human figure. |
| 1708 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Fragment, shell. With traces of design. |
| 1709 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Hard, light, black stone. Type VI. |
| 1710 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Weight. Black stone. Cigar-shaped with 3 strokes incised. Type II. |
| 1711 | (none) | 1924,0920.228 | (none) | Copper wire coil. Fragment. Part of 6 coils. | |
| 1713 | (none) | (none) | B15781 | Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. Broken at rim. Waisted form. [drawing 2:5] | |
| 1714 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Duck weight. Yellow stone. Type VI. |
| 1715 | (none) | (none) | B15717 | Frit ornament. Pectoral. Pierced at each end. P. [drawing 1:1] |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
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