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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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
1215 (none) 1935,0113.22 (none) Terracotta moulded in high relief. These greater figure of a woman wearing robe, (in style of Gudea period), hands clasped before waist. [drawing]
1148 (none) 1935,0113.20 (none) Clay Figurine. Fragment of waist downwards, moulded: cream clay. lower end turned up. [drawing 1:1]
1142 (none) 1935,0113.19 (none) Clay Figurine. Fragment of. Body only, wearing necklace. Moulded.Cream clay. Longest side 37mm. [drawing 1:1]
1106 (none) 1935,0113.18 (none) Clay figurine. Fragments (weathered) Waist upwards. Moulded: Pink clay. [drawing 1:1]
1105 (none) 1935,0113.17 (none) Clay figurine. Fragment of (weathered) Below waist upwards. moulded: grey clay. [drawing 1:1]
16902B (none) 1935,0113.104 (none) Terracotta relief. Nude female with hands to breasts. High relief. [drawing 1:1] (A) Broken away at knees; good condition; (B) Fragment head an feet missing.
18329 (none) 1933,1013.89 (none) Amulet. Shell in form of an open human hand.
18262 (none) 1933,1013.85 (none) Pendant. A shale (?) ring with knob pierced for suspension, in which are set, one on either side, shell rings with a central disk of lapis lazuli: the edges of the shale ring bevelled. [drawing]
18239 (none) 1933,1013.84 (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Very roughly cut, and damaged: a goddess seated before a table, with standing worshipper: behind the goddess a tree.
18281 (none) 1933,1013.81 (none) Cylinder seal. Black steaitte. Star and crascent on staff above altar: naked goddess standing full face: worshipper with basket facing a standing god who rests his foot on a lion (?). Poor work.
18691 (none) 1933,1013.75 (none) Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Introduction scene with seated goddess and 1 standing figure and a tree: star and crescent above and 2 standing figures: there has been an inscription which is all weathered away.
18333 (none) 1933,1013.73 (none) Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. 2 columns of inscription.
16809 (none) 1933,1013.52 (none) Shell cylinder seal (not pierced). ^dAdad-ba(?)-ni(?) ,dumu Nu-ur- ^dAdad...
18099 (none) 1933,1013.240 (none) Terracotta bed. The corners project: the string mattress rendered by incised lines. The corners chipped off.
18307 (none) 1933,1013.235 (none) Jeweller's trial piece. Fragment of a large pot of of light drab clay on which is roughly scratched the design for a cylinder seal. Subject: seated god and standing god introducing a man behind whom is an ostrich (?).
18359 (none) 1933,1013.227 (none) Terracotta mould for a small figure, grotesque, naked, full face, with bent knees, urinating.
18495 (none) 1933,1013.203 (none) Terracotta relief. Puzuzu head (complete)
18303 (none) 1933,1013.190 (none) Terracotta relief. Moulded. Upper part of female figure, full face, hands clasped below breasts: wearing richly embroidered garments and with her hair elaborately dressed with two feathered (?) towers above and crimped waves below.
18301 (none) 1933,1013.188 (none) Terracotta figurine. Moulded. Upper half of greenish drab clay. Bearded god, draped, with horned crown, hands in front of body holding maces (?) Kassite (?). Flaccid work. Broken off just above the knees.
18619 (none) 1933,1013.187 (none) Terracotta releif of bearded male figure, with headdress falling down on each side, holding two objects over his chest, feet broken off.
18568 (none) 1933,1013.185 (none) Terracotta relief. Nude female figure with hands clasped below breasts.
18214 (none) 1933,1013.184 (none) Terracotta relief of draped standing goddess, full faced: wearing long flounced dress and horned crown, hands at breasts. Intact, and in good condition, only the face rather worn.
18611 (none) 1933,1013.183 (none) Terracotta relief. Woman squatting holding a baby to her left breast, she wears headdress of ribbed material.
18703 (none) 1933,1013.182 (none) Terracotta figurine. Nude female, full face, with flat crown, large earrings (?), heavy necklace and a strongly marked triangle for pudenda: hands clasped below breast. Feet missing.
18493 (none) 1933,1013.181 (none) Terracotta relief. (complete). Standing male figure facing right wearing kilt and cloak and carrying mace.

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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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