7074 | 1927,0527.232
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Worshipper 2 |
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Male 2 |
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded >> Mold Pressed 2 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Terracotta figurine. Bearded male holding lamb to breast. Fragmentary below waist. E.3 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Diqdiqqeh |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay4 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | H. top of head to waist 005 |
| U Number: | 70741 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Anthropomorphic |
| Season Number: | 04: 1925-1926 |
| Description (Modern): | Fired clay plaque depicting male worshipper in relief; mould-made; bearded man holds a sheep in his arms; the man wears a rounded cap with a double band, and possibly has his hair up in a bun at the back; details of clothing not clear, but there appears to be a chevron pattern edge to the skirt on the right side; broken off at hips.2 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1927,0527.232 |
| Measurement (Height): | 1112 |
| Measurement (Width): | 842 |
| Measurement (Depth): | 752 |
| Notes: | U.7074 was accidentally duplicated in the field, with two catalog cards referring to the same number. The first card is here given no subletter (U.7074) while the second is given subletter A (U.7074A). The number was again duplicated after the season for a tablet, which is here given the subletter B. |
| [1] U.7070-U.7145 were duplicated with the duplicates assigned to tablets from Season 4 found in areas KP, EH, and possibly HT (Jacobsen AJA 57:128). The duplicates have been given the subletter A in this database while the original object from the catalog card retains the number without subletter (unless the original catalog card held multiple objects, in which case those are given appropriate subletters and the tablet takes the next in the sequence). This entry does not have a subdivided number, even though there is a 7074B. Woolley double assigned this U number in the field. C is used to designate a tablet. |
| [2] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| [3] Woolley's description |
| [4] Material as described by Woolley |
| Location | Context Title | Context Description | Description (Modern) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Legrain Note Card | Leon Legrain Note Card | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:34 Page:216 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:34 Page:216 | (none) |
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