Description (Archival): Model wheel, incisions decoration around edge     
Description (Catalog Card): Wheels. Clay. With pierced projecting hubs and cogged edges. (A) Reddish clay. (B) Greenish clay.3     
Find Context (Catalog Card): Railway dig     
Material (Catalog Card): Clay4     
Measurement (Catalog Card): D. 70mm (Diam 007)     
U Number: 1027B1     
Museum: British Museum      
Season Number: 01: 1922-1923      
Object Type: Miniatures/Models >> Transportation >> Miniature Wheels 2     
Description (Modern): Clay model wheel with incisions to decorate edge; perhaps from model chariot.2     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta      
Museum Number (BM Big Number): 116530     
Museum Number (BM Registration Number): 1923,1110.119     
Measurement (Weight): 532     
Measurement (Diameter): 692     
Measurement (Width): 302     
Measurement (Diameter): 222     Protruding central circle
Measurement (Diameter): 82     Largest diameter of perforation
[1] U number subdivided, based on Woolley's Subdivisions.
[2] Data collected by British Museum research team.
[3] Woolley's description
[4] Material as described by Woolley

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Diqdiqqeh | DQ 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.” (none)
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Media: 1027B | 1923,1110.119 Export: JSON - XML - CSV Woolley's Catalog Cards

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Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:24 Page:279 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:24 Page:279 (none)
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