Silver

Silver is a soft, white, lustrous metal. It is highly malleable, and has a low melting point, making it easy to cast. It can be produced as a by-product of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining. It can be highly polished, leading to a very reflective surface.

Most of the silver found at Ur is in jewelry, but sometimes it is made into axes or mirrors. These are found mainly in the royal tombs.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
7644	(none)	1928,1009.98	(none)	Necklace. 12 double conoid carnelian beads. 5 double conoid silver beads. 1 dark green lentoid, basic diorite? All charred by fire.
7890A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Two silver finger rings. One [A] is penannular, the wire thicker in the middle than at the ends; the wire of the second [B] is of the same thickness throughout, and the ends meet.
7935	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ring. Silver. 2 1/2 coils. [drawing]
7944	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace 93 lapis lazuli double conoid 11 carnelian ring beads 1 carnelian bugle bead 2 lots of silver ball beads in groups of 4 and 3
7950	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ring. Silver. 3 coils.
7952A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of earrings. Gold and silver. A spiral ring of gold with thickened lobe ends supports a similar gold ring; from this hangs a similar ring of silver (the silver ring is in each case broken). [drawing]
7952B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of earrings. Gold and silver. A spiral ring of gold with thickened lobe ends supports a similar gold ring; from this hangs a similar ring of silver (the silver ring is in each case broken). [drawing]
7958	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads of carnelian etc. From a bracelet. 2 carnelian, 4 jasper (blood stone), lentoid bugles, 4 silver ball beads, 1 gold plated copper ball bead (decayed).
7961B	(none)	1928,1009.192	(none)	(U7966=)U.7961 A, B, C Finger-rings of base silver A: a four fold coil of silver wire B, C, two-fold coils
7961C	(none)	1928,1009.192	(none)	(U7966=)U.7961 A, B, C Finger-rings of base silver A: a four fold coil of silver wire B, C, two-fold coils
7966	(none)	1928,1009.201	(none)	(U.7961=)U.7966 Copper rings 3 Plain wire: two are double rings, one single.
7977B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pair of bracelets. [A] One of copper, [B] one of silver. Each made of 3 coils of plain wire: on each is hung a smaller ring made of 3 coils of gold wire. The silver armlet is broken.
7983	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver finger ring. Plain wire ring found on the bone.
8000	(none)	1928,1009.184	(none)	Three silver cockle shells. One inside the other. The inner one shows signs of a red substance perhaps a pigment. Natural size.
8039A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of silver hair rings(?) or earrings. Usual lunate type. [drawing]
8050	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Of lapis lazuli. 10 large double conoids & two similar of silver (one broken).
8055	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bracelet(?) Silver. fragments of: curved silver wire, some thick and some very thin.
8095	(none)	(none)	(none)	Finger ring. Silver. Three coils of silver wire.
8144A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 silver rings. Consisting of 2 1/2 coils of silver wire.
8144B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 silver rings. Consisting of 2 1/2 coils of silver wire.
8147	(none)	1928,1009.129	(none)	Necklace. 90 carnelian ring beads. 7 hematite ring beads. 12 silver beads, double conoids - 1 poppy head? lentoids and bugle beads.
8150	(none)	(none)	(none)	Hair ring? or earring? Silver. [drawing] not to scale.
8162	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver pin with fluted ball head of lapis. Capped with gold. There is a hole through the top end of the shaft and affixed against one end of the hole is a small carnelian ring bead. It looks as if a string had been passed through the hole with a head at the end of it to prevent its slipping out; in that case, the pin must have acted as a true toggle. [Type] V.
8164	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis, carnelian and silver. About 180 in all. The lapis and carnelian are double conoids: some of the silver are the same, some are treble ball heads and some are imitation shells. Strung, silver lapis carnelian lapis silver.
8165	87-28-16	(none)	(none)	Finger ring. Silver. Filigree work, 6 strands of fine silver wire welded together in the hoop. Also, part of a second similar.