Description (Catalog Card): Terracotta plaque. Fragmentary. Bearded god? Seated on a bull left arm bent at elbow and holding an object right hand held against breast. E. [drawing 1:1]4     
Find Context (Catalog Card): Diqdiqqeh     
Material (Catalog Card): Clay5     
Measurement (Catalog Card): Ht of male head to waist 0035 L of bull 0065 [L.88mm, W.70mm based on 1:1 drawing]     
U Number: 71111     
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 04: 1925-1926      
Description (Modern): Relief plaque, equestrian     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Clay      
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B16266     
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 47-29-159     
Measurement (Height): 186     
Measurement (Width): 316     
Measurement (X): 95     
Measurement (X): 65     
Measurement (Y): 72     
Measurement (Y): 35     
Measurement (Z): 27     
[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).
[2] Iconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.
[3] Technique tagged by Penn Museum research team.
[4] Woolley's description
[5] Material as described by Woolley
[6] Barnett. 1976. Near East Section, Ur, Inscribed Objects

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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: 7111 | 47-29-159 Export: JSON - XML - CSV

Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
British Museum Photo Negatives British Museum Photo Negatives (none) (none) (none)
Clay Figurines of Babylonia and Assyria Clay Figurines of Babylonia and Assyria 1930 Elizabeth Douglas Van Buren (none)
Field Photographs Field Photographs (none) (none) (none)
UPM Field Photo numbers UPM Field Photo numbers (none) (none) (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:34 Page:257 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:34 Page:257 (none)
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