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)
10584L	(none)	(none)	B16989	Head Ornaments. (A) Quantity of gold ribbon., (B) Gold wreath, leaf pendants with double string of lapis and carnelian beads. (C) [.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. (D)Silver pin with lapis head. (E) Silver hair ornament, 3-pronged, with rosette finials of gold, lapis and shell. (F) Double conoid beads, gold and lapis (see field notes) (G) Beads, lapis and silver (H) [H and L] 2 silver earrings, plain wire spirals [I] [Not assigned] (J)Cockleshells containing paint. (K) Silver pin, rounded head
10584D	(none)	(none)	B16982	Head Ornaments. (A) Quantity of gold ribbon., (B) Gold wreath, leaf pendants with double string of lapis and carnelian beads. (C) [.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. (D)Silver pin with lapis head. (E) Silver hair ornament, 3-pronged, with rosette finials of gold, lapis and shell. (F) Double conoid beads, gold and lapis (see field notes) (G) Beads, lapis and silver (H) [H and L] 2 silver earrings, plain wire spirals [I] [Not assigned] (J)Cockleshells containing paint. (K) Silver pin, rounded head, L. 150mm
10584K	(none)	(none)	B16982	Head Ornaments. (A) Quantity of gold ribbon., (B) Gold wreath, leaf pendants with double string of lapis and carnelian beads. (C) [.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. (D)Silver pin with lapis head. (E) Silver hair ornament, 3-pronged, with rosette finials of gold, lapis and shell. (F) Double conoid beads, gold and lapis (see field notes) (G) Beads, lapis and silver (H) [H and L] 2 silver earrings, plain wire spirals [I] [Not assigned] (J)Cockleshells containing paint. (K) Silver pin, rounded head
11214	(none)	(none)	B16969	Silver Paint Box. In 2 compartments consisting of 2 small hemispherical bowls with a straight partition between. Traces of black paint in one compartment. Minute perforated lugs on either side in the middle to allow of suspension. Rib runs round width of belly of box on the outside. [drawing]
8691A	(none)	(none)	B16958	[A-B] Earrings(?) Silver. A pair. Plain, each 2 1/2 spiral coils of silver wire. Much corroded and with beads from U.8689B attached to them.
8691B	(none)	(none)	B16958	[A-B] Earrings(?) Silver. A pair. Plain, each 2 1/2 spiral coils of silver wire. Much corroded and with beads from U.8689B attached to them.
8690A	(none)	(none)	B16957	[A] Tweezers and [B] stiletto. Silver. With twisted wire at the top for a ring but this is in both cases missing.
8690B	(none)	(none)	B16957	[A] Tweezers and [B] stiletto. Silver. With twisted wire at the top for a ring but this is in both cases missing.
9600A	(none)	(none)	B16955	[A-B] 2 Silver ear-rings one broken [drawing]
9600B	(none)	(none)	B16955	[A-B] 2 Silver ear-rings one broken [drawing]
10742	(none)	(none)	B16938	Necklace with silver dog amulet Jasper, carnelian, silver beads and one (oolite?) Silver dog has a harness represented by a relatively wide band of copper round neck along top of back and running round rear portion of body in a single piece. Body perforated longitudinally. For order and sketch see Field Note.
9635	(none)	(none)	B16936	Silver finger ring A double hoop of plain thin wire
9632	(none)	(none)	B16933	Silver Pin Plain rounded head Type IX
9631	(none)	(none)	B16932	Finger rings 4, of which 2 are broken; plain silver hoops
9630B	(none)	(none)	B16931.2	[[A-B] Silver Bracelets Two, one worn on each wrist; plain thick silver wire, open ends.
9630A	(none)	(none)	B16931.1	[A-B] Silver Bracelets Two, one worn on each wrist; plain thick silver wire, open ends.
9629	(none)	(none)	B16930	Beads Silver, carnelian, lapis, copper and paste: original order noted in Field Notes: forming a separate necklace.
9628	(none)	(none)	B16929	Beads Silver, carnelian, agate, and lapis in their original order (see Field Notes) forming a separate necklace
10753	(none)	(none)	B16920	Necklace 3 strings For order see Field Note Minute gold and lapis barrel beads. Gold, carnelian, and lapis double conoids.
9537A	(none)	(none)	B16918	Beads A/ Short string, long carnelian bugle, and 3 smaller ditto., separated by silver balls. B/ Diamond shaped lapis beads alternating with flat silver-plate beads. [drawing] C/ Mixed string of small gold fluted balls, lapis, carnelian, agate and paste, restrung mostly in original order (see Field Notes) except that there are no silver beads: in the field notes the 2 strings B & C were probably confused)
9533	(none)	(none)	B16914	Earring: silver Two spiral rings, each with heavy lunar ends, interlaced
9532	(none)	(none)	B16913	Earring: silver a double ring of plain wire
9064	(none)	(none)	B16898	Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli Silver core Gilgamesh and Enkidu fighting rampant lion and rampant bull respectively.
8013D	(none)	(none)	B16838	[A and B] Two silver bracelets. Made of three twists of wire. To one of these is attached by corrosion an [C] object of silver apparently containing a cockle shell [D]; the cockle shell has in it green pigment and was covered by a silver shell (broken) thus: [drawing] though it is impossible to say whether the shell is really belonging or only accidentally attached. Various beads are also attached by corrosion to the bracelet and also [E] an eye of lapis with white shell filling.
7961A	(none)	(none)	B16836	(U7966=)U.7961 A, B, C Finger-rings of base silver A: a four fold coil of silver wire B, C, two-fold coils