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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8428 | (none) | (none) | B17080 | Axe head Silver [drawing] Type A3. | |
 | 8439 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 29 beads in all 10 barrel carnelian, 4 silver double conoids the rest lapis double conoids. Found in ground in following order: 1 silver 2 lapis 1 carnelian 1 hematite?? 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 large lapis 1 silver 3 lapis 1 carnelian 4 lapis 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 carnelian 2 lapis 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 carnelian ETC Carnelian barrel beads, silver and lapis double conoids. |
| 8440A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 silver earrings. 2 1/2 coils. |
| 8440B | (none) | (none) | (none) | A+B 2 silver earrings 2 1/2 coils |
| 8466E | (none) | (none) | B17613 | [A-E] 5 weights, [A-D] 4 hematite, [E] 1 silver lentoid. hematite - 1 lentoid, 1 conoid, 1 ovoid, 1 roughly cylindrical, slightly bigger at base than at top. weights: Types I, II, III, IV. |
| 8493 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver ring 2 1/2 coils of fairly thick silver wire |
| 8497 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads Worn over a silver diadem round the forehead. String consists of minute lapis ball beads and of oblong rectangular gold and lapis spacers. Gold and lapis spacers strung alternately with lapis and carnelian beads placed alternately between each spacer. Carnelian beads all minute ring beads. The silver diadem was entirely broken and destroyed. 6 gold spacers; 6 lapis lazuli spacers. |
| 8523A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Silver earrings. A pair, made of 3 1/2 spiral coils of plain silver wire. |
| 8523B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Silver earrings A pair, made of 3 1/2 spiral coils of plain silver wire. |
| 8524A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver diadem Broken It appears to be formed of 2 separate parts: (A) A strip of thin silver plate (apparently plain) 0022 wide and about 018 long tapering to curved ends wherein are attachment holes: and (B) A strip of thin silver 005 wide twisted with a spiral coil so as to act as a spring: this appeared to be attached to (A) and to go round the back of the head. |
| 8524B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver diadem Broken It appears to be formed of 2 separate parts: (A) A strip of thin silver plate (apparently plain) 0022 wide and about 018 long tapering to curved ends wherein are attachment holes: and (B) A strip of thin silver 005 wide twisted with a spiral coil so as to act as a spring: this appeared to be attached to (A) and to go round the back of the head. |
| 8531A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 Finger-rings Silver Made of plain silver wire One intact, 2 broken |
| 8531B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 Finger-rings Silver Made of plain silver wire One intact, 2 broken |
| 8531C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 Finger-rings Silver Made of plain silver wire One intact, 2 broken |
| 8545.1 | (none) | 1928,1009.193 | (none) | [.1-.2] Silver earrings Ring-shaped A pair, each made of 2 1/2 spiral coils of plain silver wire |
| 8545.2 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [.1-.2] Silver earrings Ring-shaped A pair, each made of 2 1/2 spiral coils of plain silver wire |
| 8573 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver earrings. A pair. Plain circlets of silver wire. |
| 8598 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pin(?) Flat blade rolled over at the end: round shaft ending in a point. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8599 | (none) | (none) | B17553 | Silver bracelet. Plain silver wire circlet. | |
| 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. |
| 8605A | (none) | (none) | B17554 | [A] Silver wire. Finely twisted 2-ply wire and [B] fragments of a silver tube(?) | |
| 8605B | 30-12-536 | (none) | (none) | [A] Silver wire. Finely twisted 2-ply wire and [B] fragments of a silver tube(?) | |
| 8613D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold chains etc. [A-B] Two sections of gold chain with crochet links . When found (A) passed through a curled gold earring (C) [drawing] With these, [D] two lapis facetted lentoid beads, 4 carnelian rings, and remains of a large silver-plated bead with horizontal ribbing - the latter wholly decayed. |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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