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)
16482	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Seated goddess wearing flounced dress, border of pal-leaves; hands clasped on breast. (A) Complete, good impression, made to stand up.
16483	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Man wearing short kilt, advancing right and carrying two fish. (A) Mans head missing. [drawing 1:1]
16484	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Goddess(?) or woman, wearing elaborate hat and long plain dress, facing right in attitude of adoration. (A) Moulded only to bottom of skirt; complete good impression. [drawing 1:1]
16485	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female, with snood and necklace. Hands clasped on breast. Bold high modelling. (A) Fragment broken off at waist, face damaged. [drawing]
16486A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Draped bearded man, with hands clasped on breast. (A) fragment broken off at waist. [drawing 1:1]
16486B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Horned and bearded god (with no side curls). (A)[B] head only. [drawing 1:1]
16487A	31-43-455	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded god, draped. Standing on an animal(?) [drawing 1:1] (A) Animal missing poor worn impression. (B) Similar figure, but from a larger mould, broken off at thighs; (C) Similar, broken away at knees, poor.
16487B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded god, draped. Standing on an animal(?) [drawing 1:1] (A) Animal missing poor worn impression. (B) Similar figure, but from a larger mould, broken off at thighs; (C) Similar, broken away at knees, poor.
16487C	(none)	1931,1010.405	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded god, draped. Standing on an animal(?) [drawing 1:1] (A) Animal missing poor worn impression. (B) Similar figure, but from a larger mould, broken off at thighs; (C) Similar, broken away at knees, poor.
16488	(none)	1931,1010.448	(none)	Terracotta figurine. Nude female. Unusually large. Freely modeled in good style. (A) Fragment only from navel to knees.
16489	(none)	1931,1010.458	(none)	Terracotta Mask. Puzuzu head, with much lines detail. Complete and in good condition. Type XIV, 10 [drawing 1:1]
1649	(none)	1924,0920.249	(none)	Baked clay cone, (point broken) of Ur-Nammu, recording his building of a temple to Enlil and digging a canal called En-sig-nun. Duplicate of U.1632 etc.
16490	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta mask. Puzuzu head. Very flat, but wiht much lines detail. Poor condition, Type XIV, 11 [drawing 1:1]
16491A	31-43-396	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Draped female figure standing with hands to breast. Good design, well modeled. (A) complete, good condition. [drawing 1:1]
16492	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Female(?) with kitu? and flounced skirt. (A) broken off above knees, rubbed and poor specimen. [drawing]
16493	(none)	1931,1010.452	(none)	Terracotta relief. Bearded man draped, carrying a kid. (A) complete. Moderate impression. [drawing 1:1]
16494A	(none)	1931,1010.433	(none)	Terracotta relief. Seated female figure draped, with hand to breast. Head very large and grotesque. Lightly baked red clay. [drawing 1:1] (A) complete, weak and flat impression. (B) Complete, week and flat impression, it is repeated on the back of the clay from the same mould. (C) Head missing, poor, on reverse a very faint impression from the same mould; (D) Complete, poor, narrow frame; (E) Complete, poor, narrow frame.
16494B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Seated female figure draped, with hand to breast. Head very large and grotesque. Lightly baked red clay. [drawing 1:1] (A) complete, weak and flat impression. (B) Complete, week and flat impression, it is repeated on the back of the clay from the same mould. (C) Head missing, poor, on reverse a very faint impression from the same mould; (D) Complete, poor, narrow frame; (E) Complete, poor, narrow frame.
16494C	31-43-419	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Seated female figure draped, with hand to breast. Head very large and grotesque. Lightly baked red clay. [drawing 1:1] (A) Complete, weak and flat impression. (B) Complete, week and flat impression, it is repeated on the back of the clay from the same mould. (C) Head missing, poor, on reverse a very faint impression from the same mould; (D) Complete, poor, narrow frame; (E) Complete, poor, narrow frame.
16494D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Seated female figure draped, with hand to breast. Head very large and grotesque. Lightly baked red clay. [drawing 1:1] (A) complete, weak and flat impression. (B) Complete, week and flat impression, it is repeated on the back of the clay from the same mould. (C) Head missing, poor, on reverse a very faint impression from the same mould; (D) Complete, poor, narrow frame; (E) Complete, poor, narrow frame.
16494E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Seated female figure draped, with hand to breast. Head very large and grotesque. Lightly baked red clay. [drawing 1:1] (A) complete, weak and flat impression. (B) Complete, week and flat impression, it is repeated on the back of the clay from the same mould. (C) Head missing, poor, on reverse a very faint impression from the same mould; (D) Complete, poor, narrow frame; (E) Complete, poor, narrow frame.
16495A	31-43-415	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Seated female figure with flounced skirt, nursing a child. On either side snakes. [drawing] (A) Complete, fair impression. (B) Complete, similar but from a slightly smaller mould.
16495B	31-43-416	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Seated female figure with flounced skirt, nursing a child. On either side snakes. [drawing] (A) Complete, fair impression. (B) Complete, similar but from a slightly smaller mould.
16496	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female figure with hands to breast. Tall feathered or turreted headdress; girdle, at each side a bird(?) and a staff. (A) Broken off at thighs, poor. [drawing 1:1]
16497	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female figure. Very coarse moulding. (A) Broken off below breasts. [drawing 1:1]