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)
1320A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay head. fragment of clay relief. Male(?) head with radiating headdress.
1322	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. fragment of. drab clay: Rudely modelled bearded (?) figurine, head and body only.
1325	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. fragment of, drab clay: Moulded: head and body only. figure wearing necklace (? on beard) and head-dress; arms crossed on chest.
1328	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Reddish clay. Moulded. Head and body of bearded figure, holding whip(?) in the right hand.
1329	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Drab clay: moulded. Broken away below knees. Bearded figure, with plaited locks, holding an emblem in each hand.
1330	(none)	(none)	B15632	Clay figurine. Red clay. Moulded. Bearded figure, wearing flounced robe and holding scepter in the right hand. P.
1332	(none)	(none)	B15638	Figurine. Drab clay. Moulded. Nude bearded figure holding jar, god Ea(?) as in U.1331. P.
1333	(none)	(none)	B15674	Clay figurine. Drab clay: moulded. Female head in high relief, wearing band over forehead. P.
1334	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. Yellowish clay: moulded. Female head in high relief, wearing band over forehead.
1335	(none)	(none)	B15676	Figurine. Fragment. Waist upwards, light drab clay: moulded. Female figure with high headdress and necklace
1336	(none)	(none)	B15677	Figurine. Fragment. From below waist upwards only: light yellow clay: moulded. Female figure with high headdress and necklace. P.
1339	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment. From below waist upwards only(face smashed) Drab clay: moulded. Female figure with necklace.
1340	31-16-835	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upward only: red-brown clay: moulded. Nude female figure.
1342	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, from below waist upwards; red drab clay: moulded. Female figure with necklace- surrounded by rosettes (stars?).
1343	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only; red clay: moulded. Female figure with high headdress and three-fold necklace.
1344	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, from waist upwards only: drab clay: moulded. Female figure with necklace, holding circular object in front of breast.
1345	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, waist upwards only, drab clay: moulded. Female figure, nude (with necklace) her left arm raised.
1350	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, battered, head, legs below knees, broken off. Drab clay: moulded. Female figure, nude, with belt.
1352	31-16-852	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. Drab clay. Moulded, head broken off. Female figure.
1364	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Head broken off. Reddish clay: moulded. Female(?) figure in elaborately flounced skirt.
1365	31-16-815	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Fragment, below waist only. Reddish clay: moulded. Female(?) figure in elaborately flounced skirt.
1369	31-16-934	(none)	B19341	Figurine. Fragment. Shoulders downwards only: drab clay: moulded. Figure in pleated skirt holding an emblem in each hand.
1370	(none)	(none)	B15660	Figurine. Light drab clay: moulded. Nude female figure. P.
1372	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Red clay: moulded. Nude female figure.
1373	(none)	(none)	(none)	Figurine. Light drab clay: moulded. Female(?) figure (much weathered).