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)
19444C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Lapis valls and double conoids : silver ditto, and a few carnelian rings. [A-B] also 2 silver earrings of spirally twisted wire.
11974B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Double conoids & lentoids of gold & lapis. [B-C] 2 earrings, spiral coils of silver wire.
11974C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Double conoids & lentoids of gold & lapis. [B-C] 2 earrings, spiral coils of silver wire.
18942B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Carnelian tubular and rings; paste date-shaped, steatite fly and frog amulets; fluted balls. Arbitrarily restrung. [B] Also a silver bracelet, 3 coils of plain wire.
18152	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Carnelian tubular and date shaped, lapis date-shaped and discoid (variant) strung alternately: also 1 yellow stone discoid with them [B-C] 2 silver earring, both broken.
18152C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Carnelian tubular and date shaped, lapis date-shaped and discoid (variant) strung alternately: also 1 yellow stone discoid with them [B-C] 2 silver earring, both broken.
18120B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Carnelian balls and rings and tubular steatite cylinders and date-shaped. Carnelian eliptical, calcite eliptical jasper (?) biconvex square, hematite pear pendant, flattened rough pebble pendant and a few large paste beads, much decayed also. [B] 1 very small gold lunate earring. [C-D] 2 small silver earrings and [drawing] [E-F] two plain silver rings.
18120D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Carnelian balls and rings and tubular steatite cylinders and date-shaped. Carnelian eliptical, calcite eliptical jasper (?) biconvex square, hematite pear pendant, flattened rough pebble pendant and a few large paste beads, much decayed also. [B] 1 very small gold lunate earring. [C-D] 2 small silver earrings and [drawing] [E-F] two plain silver rings.
18120E	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Carnelian balls and rings and tubular steatite cylinders and date-shaped. Carnelian eliptical, calcite eliptical jasper (?) biconvex square, hematite pear pendant, flattened rough pebble pendant and a few large paste beads, much decayed also. [B] 1 very small gold lunate earring. [C-D] 2 small silver earrings and [drawing] [E-F] two plain silver rings.
18120F	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Carnelian balls and rings and tubular steatite cylinders and date-shaped. Carnelian eliptical, calcite eliptical jasper (?) biconvex square, hematite pear pendant, flattened rough pebble pendant and a few large paste beads, much decayed also. [B] 1 very small gold lunate earring. [C-D] 2 small silver earrings and [drawing] [E-F] two plain silver rings.
9174B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. A few small beads, mostly glaze, and one big glazed frit bugle bead. [B-C] Also, pair of small silver earrings.
9174C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. A few small beads, mostly glaze, and one big glazed frit bugle bead. [B-C] Also, pair of small silver earrings.
15705A	(none)	1930,1213.101	(none)	[A] Beads and [B] Silver finger ring: carnelian & agate bugles, 1 gold ring bead, silver finger ring is of flat strip metal, ends overlapping.
15705B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads and [B] Silver finger ring: carnelian & agate bugles, 1 gold ring bead, silver finger ring is of flat strip metal, ends overlapping.
9922A.2	(none)	(none)	B17593	[A.1-.2] Pair, (one broken) earrings. Silver. Large spiral type and three others, rather larger and thicker, same type.
9922A.1	(none)	1928,1010.694	(none)	[A.1-.2] Pair, (one broken) earrings Silver Large spiral type and three others, rather larger and thicker, same type
16702A.1	31-43-221A	(none)	(none)	[A.1-.2] Pair of earrings. With 4 bunches of grapes, pendant each ring. [drawing]
16702A.2	31-43-221B	(none)	(none)	[A.1-.2] Pair of earrings. With 4 bunches of grapes, pendant each ring. [drawing]
14422A.2	(none)	1930,1213.28	(none)	[A.1-.2] Copper earrings. A pair. With 3 pear shaped pendants consisting of minute globules, hanging from the ring.
14422A.1	(none)	1930,1213.28	(none)	[A.1-.2] Copper earrings. A pair. With 3 pear shaped pendants consisting of minute globules, hanging from the ring
15178A.1	31-17-279	(none)	(none)	[A.1-.2] A pair silver earrings. Single coil-ends overlapping.
15178A.2	31-17-279	(none)	(none)	[A.1-.2] A pair silver earrings. Single coil-ends overlapping.
15171A.1	(none)	1930,1213.23	(none)	[A.1-.2] A pair silver earrings. Decorated with 6 pear shaped pendants each pendant composed of minute globules, flat on one side and bossed on the other. Not in catalog.
15171A.2	(none)	1930,1213.22	(none)	[A.1-.2] A pair silver earrings. Decorated with 6 pear shaped pendants each pendant composed of minute globules, flat on one side and bossed on the other. Not in catalog.
10019E	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-P] Earrings. Gold and Silver. Spirals of wire. [A-D] 4 of gold, [E-P] 12 of silver. There were other silver examples too broken to be kept: all the silver is much corroded. Two of the gold rings were inside silver ones (the latter a good deal broken).