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)
2656	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Buff clay: fragmentary. Type CXXXIV=RC.13 (not p)
2657	(none)	1927,1003.152	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Primitive female: arms outstretched: buttocks pronounced : snowman technique. [drawing 1:1]
2658	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. Drab clay: female with hands on breasts [drawing 1:1]
2663	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Drab: painted base. Type CVII. =RC.55, =L. (not p)
2664	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Reddish vase, miniature, handmade. [drawing 1:1]
2671	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone phallus. Carefull carved from white pebble. [drawing 1:1]
2685	33-35-252	(none)	(none)	Grotesque mask. Drab clay, with pierced eyes. [drawing 1:1]
2691	87-28-10	(none)	(none)	Model stool. Drab clay with conventional rush hatching with a border: one leg missing.
2692	(none)	1935,0113.52	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Buff ware: female, mitred, with forearms raised to shoulders: head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1]
2693	(none)	1935,0113.53	(none)	Clay dog (?). Fragmentary, in act of barking: legs and tail missing.
2701	(none)	1927,1003.24	(none)	Cone of Ur-Engur. Fragment. Cp.2520. Column I: Text: (To ), his ( ), (Ur d)engur, mighty (hero), (king of Ur). Column II: ?of ancient days I let shine abundance of water was ordered, it was made into a place growing all kinds of vegetables, the boats Magan I restored into his hand. H.C.
2715A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase fragments. Drab ware with snakes in relief: both have incised diamond pattern. Sketches. [drawing]
2715B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Vase fragments. Drab ware with snakes in relief: both have incised diamond pattern. Sketches. [drawing]
2720	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ibex head. Buff clay ware of fine design. Sketch. [drawing]
2723	(none)	1927,1003.119	(none)	Clay pot. Miniature, of wheel-made buff ware. Lip broken. Type CXXXV = RC.131 =P108b
2726	(none)	1927,1003.195	(none)	Seal cylinder. Soapstone. About BC2100 [drawing]
2727	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal cylinder. Broken. Weather worn. Volcanic ashes. Basalt? [drawing]
2733	(none)	1948,0423.9	(none)	Clay tablet. Contract. Dated: When the great wall was built Gungunu 21 or 23 ?Month Su-es-da. Text: Sale of 18 date palm trees in the plantation of Ur-dingir-ra for 4 shekels? oath in the name of the king.
2737	(none)	1927,1003.116	(none)	Clay vase. Greenish drab ware : wheel made with incised circles on shoulder. Lip partly broken. Type CXXXIX =P.112
2747	(none)	1927,1003.254	(none)	Paste statuette. Blue glass paste, much worn. Servant in attitude of devotion. Head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1]
2748	(none)	1927,1003.238	(none)	Shell mask. Grotesque: pierced for suspension [drawing 1:1]
2754	(none)	1927,1003.194	(none)	Seal cylinder. White marble. About BC 2800. Inscription: Da-da-mu = D? dumu Gu-za-na? son of G? [drawing]
2762	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Buff clay: female, nude except for bead necklace in attitude of devotion. Head and torso only. [drawing 1:1]
2763	(none)	(none)	(none)	Grotesque mask. Limestone : very roughly carved and pierced for suspension [drawing 1:1]
2764	(none)	1927,1003.190	(none)	Stone dog. Couchant : of limestone, pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1]