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.
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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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10791A | (none) | (none) | B17572 | [A-B] 2 Silver bangles Single coils. Loose ends | |
 | 10791B | (none) | (none) | B17572 | [A-B] 2 Silver bangles Single coils. Loose ends |
| 10535 | (none) | (none) | B17561 | Silver Ear Ring 1 1/2 coils flat lunate pendants | |
| 8842C | (none) | (none) | B17560.3 | [A-B] 2 silver earrings. [C-D] 2 finger rings - one copper, one silver. 1 1/2 coils of silver finger ring. The rest single coils, ends detached. [drawing] |
| 8842B | (none) | (none) | B17560.2 | [A-B] 2 silver earrings. [C-D] 2 finger rings - one copper, one silver. 1 1/2 coils of silver finger ring. The rest single coils, ends detached. [drawing] |
| 8842A | (none) | (none) | B17560.1 | [A-B] 2 silver earrings. [C-D] 2 finger rings - one copper, one silver. 1 1/2 coils of silver finger ring. The rest single coils, ends detached. [drawing] | |
| 8600A | (none) | (none) | B17559 | [A-C] Silver rings Three Each made of 2 1/2 spiral coils of silver wire | |
| 8600B | (none) | (none) | B17559 | [A-C] Silver rings. Three. Each made of 2 1/2 spiral coils of silver wire. |
| 8600C | (none) | (none) | B17559 | [A-C] Silver rings. Three. Each made of 2 1/2 spiral coils of silver wire. |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17558 | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17557 | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17556 | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17555 | (none) |
| 8605A | (none) | (none) | B17554 | [A] Silver wire. Finely twisted 2-ply wire and [B] fragments of a silver tube(?) | |
| 8599 | (none) | (none) | B17553 | Silver bracelet. Plain silver wire circlet. | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17551 | (none) |
| 9777A | (none) | (none) | B17550 | [A-B] Spindles A pair Silver spindles with lapis whorls both very slender | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17549 | (none) | |
| 10910 | (none) | (none) | B17548 | Silver Pot apparently thus- but squashed right in [drawing] (inside it is part of the lapis rod U.10911) Type [struck out: "XXXIII"] |
| 10163 | (none) | (none) | B17531 | Copper Bowl Type LXXXIV | |
| 10033 | (none) | (none) | B17529 | Silver Bowl Oval Resembling U.10031 badly smashed up |
| 8027 | (none) | (none) | B17467 | Copper pin. With ball head and lapis capped with silver. The shaft much decayed and broken into 5 pieces. | |
| 8061 | (none) | (none) | B17423 | Copper pin. With lapis ball head capped with silver. [Type] V. | |
| 8903 | (none) | (none) | B17404 | Copper bowl. Oval and once provided with a (wire?) handle: no base ring or flattening. Type LXIII. | |
| 8766 | (none) | (none) | B17384 | Copper pin. With ribbed lapis ball head discolored by heat. Rounded in section. Only the middle portion of the lapis ball head was showing. The upper and lower portions originally had a silver cap. Only a fragment of this remains. Pin is perforated below head. [drawing] |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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