1376 | 1924,0920.79
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Seated 1 |
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded >> Mold Pressed 1 |
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Female 1 |
| Iconography: | Clothing >> Dress 1 |
| Iconography: | Furniture >> Chair 1 |
| Iconography: | Vessel >> Bowl 1 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Figurine. Drab clay: moulded, the chair modeled. Female figure seated on chair (facing) holding cup in right hand.2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Diqdiqqeh |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | H. 53mm |
| U Number: | 1376 |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Figurines >> Anthropomorphic |
| Season Number: | 02: 1923-1924 |
| Description (Modern): | Relief plaque, seated female, holding bowl |
| Description (Modern): | Figure of clothed female; baked clay; moulded; relief; on plaque; wearing flounced and pleated dress; sits in four legged, high backed chair; the woman is bent to fit the chair; a 'chair relief' ; holds bowl or drum; hair parted in centre and tied in two bunches on either side of face; fan at back of head; arms and shoulders covered; top of head pinched by hand to show fan head-dress.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 116818 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1924,0920.79 |
| Measurement (Weight): | 241 |
| Measurement (Height): | 561 Slightly damaged at top and base |
| Measurement (Width): | 321 Across chest |
| Measurement (Thickness): | 171 Across chest |
| [1] Data collected by British Museum research team. |
| [2] Woolley's description |
| [3] 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field Photographs | Field Photographs | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Leon Legrain Note Card | Leon Legrain Note Card | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| UPM Field Photo numbers | UPM Field Photo numbers | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:26 Page:49 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:26 Page:49 | (none) |
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