368A

Iconography:	Clothing >> Dress >> Flounced Dress ²
Iconography:	Accessories >> Headwear >> Headdress/Crown >> Horned Headdress ²
Iconography:	Mythical Figure >> Deity >> God ²
Iconography:	Mythical Figure >> Deity >> Goddess ²
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Body Parts >> Head >> Hair ²
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Hand Raised ²
Iconography:	Furniture >> Stool ²
Technique:	Manufacture >> Handmade >> Carved ³
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Seated
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Position >> Standing
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Worshipper
Iconography:	Clothing >> Dress >> Tufted Dress
Iconography:	Human/zoomorphic >> Body Parts >> Head >> Bearded

Description (Catalog Card):	[A] Stone mould, broken, for making clay figurines. Scene: a god seated on a stool wearing the seven-horned cap, with left arm and hand stretched out towards a standing figure in a plain robe wearing a single horn: above two crescents. (B) Second fragment; female figure standing upright (Baghdad)⁴
Description (Archival):	limestone fragment relief cut in hollow like seal. worshipping a seated Goddess.⁵
Find Context (Catalog Card):	Found near Munshid's water engine
Material (Catalog Card):	Limestone⁶
Measurement (Catalog Card):	length .075 width .045 Thick .01

U Number:	368A¹
Museum:	University of Pennsylvania Museum
Object Type:	Tools and Equipment >> Moulds >> Figural Objects
Season Number:	01: 1922-1923
Description (Modern):	Mould (broken) -seated god, standing fig.
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Sedimentary >> Limestone
Museum Number (UPM B-number):	B14964

[1] U number subdivided based on number of objects listed on Catalog Card.

[2] Iconography tagged by Penn Museum research team.

[3] Technique tagged by Penn Museum research team.

[4] Woolley's description

[5] CBS Register

[6] Material as described by Woolley

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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)