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)
17860	(none)	1932,1008.188	(none)	Amulet. Spread eagle of glazed frit (the glaze all gone). [drawing 1:1]
17760A	(none)	1932,1008.186	(none)	[A-C] 3 lids of jar. Frit. [drawing 1:1]
17941	(none)	1932,1008.180	(none)	Scarab. Frit, formerly glazed, now perished. [drawing 1:1]
18190	(none)	1932,1008.179	(none)	Stamp seal. Dark steatite. Square pyramidal design, a spread eagle.
17706	(none)	1932,1008.177	(none)	Cylinder seal. Clay. Tree between 2 adoring figures; crescent above one; 1 line erased inscription.
18157	(none)	1932,1008.176	(none)	Cylinder seal. Frit, once glazed but glaze all perished. Crude design: a hunter, with birds in the field: triangle border.
17868	(none)	1932,1008.173	(none)	Cylinder seal. White limestone. Introduction scene with seated deity and 2 standing figures: poor work.
18183	(none)	1932,1008.163	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. A standing god, a worshipper at a shrine (?) and 2 columns of inscription. Badly cut and much worn.
17707	(none)	1932,1008.161	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. 2 men fighting lion; inscription containing royal name.
17738	(none)	1932,1008.159	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite. 2 standing figures; crescent on staff.
18192	(none)	1932,1008.158	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Introduction scene, 3 standing figures. Poor rough work.
18172	(none)	1932,1008.157	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Eagle grasping 2 stags. Poor work.
17663	(none)	1932,1008.156	(none)	Cylinder seal. Steatite, black. 2 lions and 2 gazelles heraldically arranged; a star between the gazelles.
16738A	(none)	1931,1010.91	(none)	Puzuzu heads. [A] One shell, [B] one frit. Both pierced at top of head for suspension.
17115	(none)	1931,1010.85	(none)	Amulet. Mother-of-pearl. In the form of a human hand (thumb broken off)
17109	(none)	1931,1010.84	(none)	Amulet. Shell in form of a human hand [drawing 1:1]
17084	(none)	1931,1010.539	(none)	Vase. Baked clay. With 4 hug handles and incised decoration. Type 1)LXVIII. =L.
16289	(none)	1931,1010.528	(none)	Miniature clay vase. The body decorated with the figure of a great grotesque man. [drawing 1:1]
17351	(none)	1931,1010.517	(none)	Box lid. Terracotta. Top decorated with a serpent in relief. Round boss in center.
17191B	(none)	1931,1010.493	(none)	Clay birds. Roughly modelled by hand. Several similar. [drawing]
17187	(none)	1931,1010.482	(none)	Clay figure of animal entirely covered with small punctured circles. [drawing]
16442C	(none)	1931,1010.460	(none)	Terracotta Figurines. Moulded. Female figure, nude. Type III,e.1. (A) Broken away at knees and in bad condition; (B) Broken away at knees; (C) complete, same figure but from a different mould. Face rubbed all away. (D) Broken away at knees; (E) Feet missing, poor and damaged impression; (F) Head and legs below knees missing.
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]
16939E	(none)	1931,1010.457	(none)	Terracotta relief of nude female with hands below breasts. (A) Complete. (B) Broken but complete except for feet; (C) Broken away at knees, poor cast. (D) Broken away at knees, poor cast; (E) Complete, the legs cut apart after moulding (F) Complete; (G) Mould taken only to navel and the cast then rounded off (probably same mould poor); (H) Complete (as above). All the above are of very lightly fired clay, red or yellowish grey, and form a group distinct from nearly all the other terracottas. They might be modern casts from an ancient mould. Type III c.Y
17129	(none)	1931,1010.456	(none)	Terracotta relieg of god and goddess advancing full front each with an arm about the other. They both wear long dresses with pleated flounces. (A) Fragment, broken off across the middle. [drawing 1:1]