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)
17039.1	31-43-222A	(none)	(none)	Earrings. Silver. [.1-.2] A pair. Type same as U.17030.
17039.2	31-43-222B	(none)	(none)	Earrings. Silver. [.1-.2] A pair. Type same as U.17030.
12389A.2	32-12-472	(none)	(none)	Group: [A.1-.2] Silver wire spiral coil earring, a pair. [B.1-.2] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoid beads.
(none)	32-40-178	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	32-40-179	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	32-40-180	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	32-40-182	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	32-40-183	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	32-40-198	(none)	(none)	(none)
17787C	32-40-229	(none)	(none)	Beads. 2 double conoid carnelian. 1 lentoid carnelian. 5 double conoid silver. 3 barrel agate. 31 flat lentoid agate. 1 flat lentoid steatite. Necklace of 17 agates, rectangular with vesical section. Necklace of 23 lentoid agates and 14 gold balls.
17806E	32-40-233	(none)	(none)	Groups: From one burial. (A) Gold fillet, of narrow thin ribbon, twisted. (B) [B.1-.2] A pair of gold earrings, each consisting of two complete earrings intertwined, of the small hollow lunate type: in each case, one earring is fatter than the other: D.'s 15mm and 13mm respectively. One hoop is broken. (C) Cylinder seal, lapis lazuli, standing, human figures roughly cut. (D) Gold finger ring, hollow tube pressed in along the periphery thus [drawing]. (E) Beads: gold and carnelian, lapis and silver diamonds: gold and carnelian barrels and double conoids; mixed types, large lentoids, bugles, balls and double conoids of carnelian, agate, lapis. For order see field notes.
17811C	32-40-234	(none)	(none)	Group. From one burial. (A) [A, E-I] Six gold earrings, small hollow lunate type, worn in sets of 3 in each earrings, small hollow lunate type, worn in sets of 3 in each ear. (B) Gold finger ring, thin metal with edges bent inwards to form a ribbed hoop. [drawing] (C) Beads: lapis diamonds, gold double conoids, silver disks, carnelian and steatite lentoids. (D) Cylinder seal, shell: hunter and lion and 2 columns of inscription.
18166	32-40-451	(none)	(none)	Beads. Very small carnelians, date shaped, ring and double conoid, and one or two lapis they made a finger ring. Also 2 silver earrings thus, but broken [reference to drawing that has been excised from catalog card].
18166C	32-40-452	(none)	(none)	Beads. Very small carnelians, date shaped, ring and double conoid, and one or two lapis they made a finger ring. Also 2 silver earrings thus, but broken [reference to drawing that has been excised from catalog card].
18166D	32-40-453	(none)	(none)	Beads. Very small carnelians, date shaped, ring and double conoid, and one or two lapis they made a finger ring. Also 2 silver earrings thus, but broken [reference to drawing that has been excised from catalog card].
19022C	35-1-100C	(none)	(none)	(A) Gold fillet, as [drawing] (B) Gold frontlet, oval with pierced ends. Bad condition; (C) Beads: very long carnelian tubes, balls; lapis tube and double conoid; silver balls; balls of gilt copper; flattened carnelian(?) disk.
(none)	35-1-154	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	35-1-156	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	35-1-158	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	35-1-159	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	35-1-160	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	35-1-161	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	35-1-162	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	35-1-163	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	35-1-164	(none)	(none)	(none)