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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8954 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 1 carnelian bugle, and a set of mixed small beads: lapis, carnelian, & silver. |
| 8961A | (none) | 1928,1009.191 | (none) | [A-C] Finger rings Silver: (2 others were broken and thrown away) Plain coils of silver wire one 2 1/2 coils and two 3 1/2 coils |
| 8962 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small gold, silver, lapis and carnelian. For order see Field Notes. |
| 8964 | (none) | 1928,1009.203 | (none) | Bracelet. Plain circlet of silver tube, penannular. Also, fragments of a 2nd similar. |
| 8971 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Lapis 3 figures before a god Broken and mended. The cylinder had silver beads and a tube of silver ran through it and was fixed to caps: the latter are decayed (and stuck to U.8972): the tube still inside. |
| 9061A | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Ear Rings [A] one silver [B] one copper |
| 9065 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin With silver ball head Copper caps on top and bottom of head - silver shows only in middle. Rectangular in section Tip missing [Type] V [drawing] |
| 9074 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Ear Ring Consisting of 2 crescent shaped pieces of silver, each with 1 thickened hollow end - cup shaped. [drawing] |
| 9087A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver earrings 1 1/2 coils thickened ends |
| 9089 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace About 85 beads Silver & lapis lozenge shaped beads, slightly convex: 1 banded sard, lapis barrel & double conoid, & carnelian of similar type. Also, 2 carnelian bugle beads For order of stringing cf. Field Note PG 544 (18) |
| 9093A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver earrings Single coils Corroded together. |
| 9094B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Necklaces A. Minute lapis ball beads. B. Minute silver ball beads Lapis necklace on top of silver. |
| 9109 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Silver and lapis, thin lentoids. |
| 9124A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Beads 2 Long facetted conoids. One Lapis, 1- silver over a bitumen core. [drawing] [C] Also, a silver earring [drawing] |
| 9146 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Earring. Gold & silver [drawing] 2 coils, one inside the other (now separate). |
| 9149 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Silver (?) Apparently a presentation scene, but too corroded to be clear |
| 9152A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bracelets & finger rings Silver A set [A-B] Two bracelets, open rings of plain silver wire. diam 0065 [C-F] 4 finger rings each made of 2 spiral coils of plain wire. [G] 1 finger ring of flat plate with raised edges. Thus: [drawing] 1:1 See field notes. |
| 9153 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads & Seal 1 very long carnelian bugle, i ditto. green jasper, 2 crystal rings and 2 gold balls: on the end a silver button seal with engraved face: subject not decipherable. [drawing] |
| 9201 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Silver double conoids and carnelian ring beads alternately, also, a few carnelian beads. In the middle a banded sard. 38 beads in all |
| 9202 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Silver double conoids and small silver ball beads. 4 or 5 small to 1 large. And a number of slightly convex lozenge lapis beads. |
| 9205 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver finger ring 2 1/2 coilds of silver wire and fragments of 2 or 3 silver rings. |
| 9216 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pin Rounded in section [drawing] [type] IX |
| 9226 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver finger ring 2 1/2 coils of fairly thin wire Finger bones adhering |
| 9247 | (none) | 1928,1009.187 | (none) | Axe Silver Miniature; common type Vertical rib at back of shaft |
| 9254 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Wire 1 1/2 coils of fairly thick silver wire |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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