16449D | 1931,1010.412
| Iconography: | Human/zoomorphic >> Male 1 |
| Technique: | Manufacture >> Molded >> Mold Pressed 1 |
| Iconography: | Animal/Zoomorphic >> Mammal >> Monkey 1 |
| Description (Catalog Card): | Terracotta relief. Man with flail(?): Type XI,B.4. (A) broken away at waist; (B) complete, but the figure moulded only to just below the knees; (C) broken away at knees. The eye has been added with a pellet of clay; (D) complete, behind the full length figure of the man (who is draped) is a squatting monkey; (E) Complete as moulded, but impressed only to the mans knees, head of monkey shown behind; (F) Head missing, exactly similar, but from a smaller mould; monkey rather different; (G) Fragment missing below mans knees (legs never mould); (H) Similar, the legs below the knees not moulded.2 |
| Find Context (Catalog Card): | Diqdiqqeh |
| Material (Catalog Card): | Clay3 |
| Measurement (Catalog Card): | H. 85mm |
| U Number: | 16449D |
| Museum: | British Museum |
| Season Number: | 09: 1930-1931 |
| Object Type: | Figural Objects >> Plaques/Reliefs 1 |
| Description (Modern): | Relief |
| Description (Modern): | Fired clay plaque depicting male figure with monkey in relief; mould-made; bearded man walking to right, wearing a woolly pudding-basin cap; he wears a robe, leaving right side of chest bare; in his left hand he holds a lead attached to a figure seated behind up him with knees up, almost certainly a monkey (or could be a naked human, perhaps a captive); in his right arm he holds a stick to which is attached a bladder(?); the base of the plaque is slightly flattened.1 |
| Material: | Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Fired >> Terracotta |
| Museum Number (BM Big Number): | 127449 |
| Museum Number (BM Registration Number): | 1931,1010.4121 |
| Measurement (Height): | 871 |
| Measurement (Width): | 341 |
| Measurement (Depth): | 141 |
| [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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provisional Field Photo Album | Provisional Field Photo Album | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:65 Page:214 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:65 Page:214 | (none) | |
| Woolley's Catalog Cards | Woolley's Catalog Cards | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:65 Page:215 | Card -- BM ID:194 Box:65 Page:215 | (none) |
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Ur Hinterland >> Diqdiqqeh | DQ
References
Provisional Field Photo Album, .