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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11535 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold, silver, carnelian & lapis. 4 large carnelian & 2 silver diamonds, the rest small balls, etc. See Field Notes. |
| 11550B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of silver vessels. Miniatures. (A-C) three silver bowls, oval with gold tubular handle-rings. All corroded together, and fixed on to them [D] a silver tumbler. |
| 11550C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of silver vessels. Miniatures. (A-C) three silver bowls, oval with gold tubular handle-rings. All corroded together, and fixed on to them [D] a silver tumbler. |
| 11550A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of silver vessels. Miniatures. (A-C) three silver bowls, oval with gold tubular handle-rings. All corroded together, and fixed on to them [D] a silver tumbler. |
| 11579 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold balls, very small; silver balls, silver diamonds, agate lentoids. 1 long carnelian bugle; 1 large agate two-eyed pendant. |
| 11593B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. [A] (1) Copper knife (broken). [B] (2) Silver earrings with lunate ends. [C] (3) A few diamond-shaped beads of silver and dark steatite. |
| 11593C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. [A] (1) Copper knife (broken). [B] (2) Silver earrings with lunate ends. [C] (3) A few diamond-shaped beads of silver and dark steatite. |
| 11594 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Frontlet. With this, 3 beads (2 copper balls and 1 big carnelian bugle), 2 silver earrings with lunate ends, and a copper reticule. |
| 11706 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Ring. Plain thin gold wire & 2 silver spiral-coiled wire hair-rings. |
| 11718 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids & 2 carnelians; also a pair of silver wire spiral coil earrings. |
| 11729 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. String of lapis lentoids with 1 carnelian, 1 copper, & 1 silver bead. |
| 11744A | 30-12-629 | (none) | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 11766C | 30-12-514 | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper chisel (broken but complete) Type V. [B] A copper pin plain head. [C] Also, earring of plain silver wire spiral coil. | |
| 11777 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Type XIX. |
| 11778A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Silver Rings (20) and [B] lapis lazuli buttons (26) worn at the waist, either on a belt or on the fringe of a short cloak: see Field Notes. |
| 11792 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Oblong. |
| 11794 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Broken, distorted & decayed hemispherical? Design incised & in relief-below, conventional mountains (engraved), above, in relief, procession of mountain goats. |
| 11804 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval with silver tubular handle-attachments. |
| 11822 | 30-12-426 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver Bowls. 1 inside the other, originally hemispherical with low foot-base. distorted. |
| 11827 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis & silver bugles, double conoids & balls (see Field Notes). |
| 11835 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Silver Pin. With plain lapis ball head and [B, C] a pair of hair-rings, spiral coils of silver wire, each hair-ring, 2 spirals interlaced. |
| 11836 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mostly lapis, some silver & 2 carnelian, with lapis spacer in form of 2 birds (or beetles)? |
| 11837A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Silver Ewer & [B] Patten. Corroded together. Ewer usual libation. (one side badly broken). Patten, with foot & carinated rim (also badly broken). |
| 11837B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Silver Ewer & [B] Patten. Corroded together. Ewer usual libation. (one side badly broken). Patten, with foot & carinated rim (also badly broken). |
| 11844 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 1, very long carnelian bugle; a few smaller beads, carnelian, lapis & silver. (see Field Notes). |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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