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)
16554	31-43-34, 31-43-34	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal, steatite. Ur-Ki(?)-dur(?)-sag(?) servant of... H.C. 30/II, 10
17184A	31-43-317	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Clay bird. (Usually hollow and containing a pebble, to serve as a rattle, but sometimes solid). Many examples. [drawing]
1445	31-43-316	(none)	(none)	Rattle. Red clay. Animal, head and legs broken off.
17190	31-43-315	(none)	(none)	Terracotta bird. Hand-modelled and coarsely engraved. [drawing].
17070B	31-43-314	(none)	(none)	Frog amulets 6 [one miniature] [A-F]. Frit. Two glazed yellow. Glazed yellow. [drawing 1:1]
16741	31-43-313	(none)	(none)	Frit frog. Coarse workmanship. Type see U.16634.
17070A	31-43-311	(none)	(none)	Frog amulets 6 [A-F, F is miniature]. Frit. Two glazed yellow. Glazed yellow. [drawing 1:1]
16128B	31-43-309	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of tortoises. White frit. Criss-cross markings on back end and underside. Pierced for suspension. cf U.16755. [drawing 1:1]
17071A	31-43-308	(none)	(none)	Frit amulets. [A] A pair of fish (A) and (B) [not reference to multiple objects] tails missing. [drawing 1:1] [B] A tortoise. [C] A pair of ducks. [D] A bead pendant. [E] A monkey (head missing). [F] Rosettes. [Drawing 1:1]
16180	31-43-3	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Pink marble. Two rows of deeply incised circles.
16739P	31-43-299	(none)	(none)	Flint tools and weapons. Miniature. All Slightly convex. (A) Serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (B) [drawing 1:1] (C) Finely serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (D) Same type as A. (E) Same type as A. (F) Same type as A. (G) Same type as A. Frag. (H) Same type as C. (I) Same type as C. (J) Same type as C. (K) Same type as C. (L) Same type as A. (M) Arrowhead [drawing] (N) Frag. Arrowhead [drawing] (O) Triangular tool. (P) Borer. [drawing] (Q) Arrowhead. Same type as M. (R) Triangular tool. [drawing] (S) Borer. [drawing] (T) Black flint. [drawing 1:1] (U) Arrowhead - flint. [drawing 1:1] (V) Same as A. Dark flint. (W) Adze shaped. [drawing 1:1]
16739H	31-43-298	(none)	(none)	Flint tools and weapons. Miniature. All Slightly convex. (A) Serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (B) [drawing 1:1] (C) Finely serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (D) Same type as A. (E) Same type as A. (F) Same type as A. (G) Same type as A. Frag. (H) Same type as C. (I) Same type as C. (J) Same type as C. (K) Same type as C. (L) Same type as A. (M) Arrowhead [drawing] (N) Frag. Arrowhead [drawing] (O) Triangular tool. (P) Borer. [drawing] (Q) Arrowhead. Same type as M. (R) Triangular tool. [drawing] (S) Borer. [drawing] (T) Black flint. [drawing 1:1] (U) Arrowhead - flint. [drawing 1:1] (V) Same as A. Dark flint. (W) Adze shaped. [drawing 1:1]
16739B	31-43-297	(none)	(none)	Flint tools and weapons. Miniature. All Slightly convex. (A) Serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (B) [drawing 1:1] (C) Finely serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (D) Same type as A. (E) Same type as A. (F) Same type as A. (G) Same type as A. Frag. (H) Same type as C. (I) Same type as C. (J) Same type as C. (K) Same type as C. (L) Same type as A. (M) Arrowhead [drawing] (N) Frag. Arrowhead [drawing] (O) Triangular tool. [drawing] (P) Borer. [drawing] (Q) Arrowhead. Same type as M. (R) Triangular tool. [drawing] (S) Borer. [drawing] (T) Black flint. [drawing 1:1] (U) Arrowhead - flint. [drawing 1:1] (V) Same as A. Dark flint. (W) Adze shaped. Flint. [drawing 1:1]
16739Q	31-43-295	(none)	(none)	Flint tools and weapons. Miniature. All Slightly convex. (A) Serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (B) [drawing 1:1] (C) Finely serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (D) Same type as A. (E) Same type as A. (F) Same type as A. (G) Same type as A. Frag. (H) Same type as C. (I) Same type as C. (J) Same type as C. (K) Same type as C. (L) Same type as A. (M) Arrowhead [drawing] (N) Frag. Arrowhead [drawing] (O) Triangular tool. (P) Borer. [drawing] (Q) Arrowhead. Same type as M. (R) Triangular tool. [drawing] (S) Borer. [drawing] (T) Black flint. [drawing 1:1] (U) Arrowhead - flint. [drawing 1:1] (V) Same as A. Dark flint. (W) Adze shaped. [drawing 1:1]
16739I	31-43-293	(none)	(none)	Flint tools and weapons. Miniature. All Slightly convex. (A) Serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (B) [drawing 1:1] (C) Finely serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (D) Same type as A. (E) Same type as A. (F) Same type as A. (G) Same type as A. Frag. (H) Same type as C. (I) Same type as C. (J) Same type as C. (K) Same type as C. (L) Same type as A. (M) Arrowhead [drawing] (N) Frag. Arrowhead [drawing] (O) Triangular tool. (P) Borer. [drawing] (Q) Arrowhead. Same type as M. (R) Triangular tool. [drawing] (S) Borer. [drawing] (T) Black flint. [drawing 1:1] (U) Arrowhead - flint. [drawing 1:1] (V) Same as A. Dark flint. (W) Adze shaped. [drawing 1:1]
16739F	31-43-292	(none)	(none)	Flint tools and weapons. Miniature. All Slightly convex. (A) Serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (B) [drawing 1:1] (C) Finely serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (D) Same type as A. (E) Same type as A. (F) Same type as A. (G) Same type as A. Frag. (H) Same type as C. (I) Same type as C. (J) Same type as C. (K) Same type as C. (L) Same type as A. (M) Arrowhead [drawing] (N) Frag. Arrowhead [drawing] (O) Triangular tool. (P) Borer. [drawing] (Q) Arrowhead. Same type as M. (R) Triangular tool. [drawing] (S) Borer. [drawing] (T) Black flint. [drawing 1:1] (U) Arrowhead - flint. [drawing 1:1] (V) Same as A. Dark flint. (W) Adze shaped. [drawing 1:1]
16739L	31-43-291	(none)	(none)	Flint tools and weapons. Miniature. All Slightly convex. (A) Serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (B) [drawing 1:1] (C) Finely serrated edges. [drawing 1:1] (D) Same type as A. (E) Same type as A. (F) Same type as A. (G) Same type as A. Frag. (H) Same type as C. (I) Same type as C. (J) Same type as C. (K) Same type as C. (L) Same type as A. (M) Arrowhead [drawing] (N) Frag. Arrowhead [drawing] (O) Triangular tool. (P) Borer. [drawing] (Q) Arrowhead. Same type as M. (R) Triangular tool. [drawing] (S) Borer. [drawing] (T) Black flint. [drawing 1:1] (U) Arrowhead - flint. [drawing 1:1] (V) Same as A. Dark flint. (W) Adze shaped. [drawing 1:1]
17066	31-43-285	(none)	(none)	Celt. Stone. Black. [drawing]
16793	31-43-283	(none)	(none)	Black stone celt. [drawing]
16179	31-43-28	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Green steatite. Presentation scene: enthroned god and two standing figures.
17074B	31-43-268	(none)	(none)	Whetstone. (A) Facetted 6 sided. (B) Facetted 4 sided. Pierced for suspension. [drawing A]
16532	31-43-251	(none)	(none)	White calcite mace-head Fragment. Rimush. H.C. 30/111, 3.
17438	31-43-236	(none)	(none)	Rod. Consisting of alternate rings of black and white steatite enclosing a copper stem. Broken in 2 pieces and part missing.
17120	31-43-207	(none)	(none)	Amulet of dark grey steatite in form of a tortoise [drawing 1:1]
16406	31-43-205	(none)	(none)	Puzuzu head amulet. White frit, originally glazed. [drawing 1:1]