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)
8061	(none)	(none)	B17423	Copper pin. With lapis ball head capped with silver. [Type] V.
8027	(none)	(none)	B17467	Copper pin. With ball head and lapis capped with silver. The shaft much decayed and broken into 5 pieces.
10033	(none)	(none)	B17529	Silver Bowl Oval Resembling U.10031 badly smashed up
10163	(none)	(none)	B17531	Copper Bowl Type LXXXIV
10910	(none)	(none)	B17548	Silver Pot apparently thus- but squashed right in [drawing] (inside it is part of the lapis rod U.10911) Type [struck out: "XXXIII"]
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17549	(none)
9777A	(none)	(none)	B17550	[A-B] Spindles A pair Silver spindles with lapis whorls both very slender
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17551	(none)
8599	(none)	(none)	B17553	Silver bracelet. Plain silver wire circlet.
8605A	(none)	(none)	B17554	[A] Silver wire. Finely twisted 2-ply wire and [B] fragments of a silver tube(?)
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17555	(none)
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17556	(none)
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17557	(none)
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17558	(none)
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.
8842A	(none)	(none)	B17560.1	[A-B] 2 silver earrings. [C-D] 2 finger rings - one copper, one silver. 1 1/2 coils of silver finger ring. The rest single coils, ends detached. [drawing]
8842B	(none)	(none)	B17560.2	[A-B] 2 silver earrings. [C-D] 2 finger rings - one copper, one silver. 1 1/2 coils of silver finger ring. The rest single coils, ends detached. [drawing]
8842C	(none)	(none)	B17560.3	[A-B] 2 silver earrings. [C-D] 2 finger rings - one copper, one silver. 1 1/2 coils of silver finger ring. The rest single coils, ends detached. [drawing]
10535	(none)	(none)	B17561	Silver Ear Ring 1 1/2 coils flat lunate pendants
10791A	(none)	(none)	B17572	[A-B] 2 Silver bangles Single coils. Loose ends
10791B	(none)	(none)	B17572	[A-B] 2 Silver bangles Single coils. Loose ends
10792	(none)	(none)	B17573	Silver Pin Tip broken 3 small beads adhering to stem Circular in section Type IX [drawing]
10820A	(none)	(none)	B17576B	Tomb Group. (A)[A and G] 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. 1-broken and part missing. (B) [B and H] 2 cockle shells with green paint (both broken) (C) Broken silver finger ring, 4 strands of wire, the 2 middle strands spiral. Part missing. (D) Large shell of the type used to serve as a lamp. Badly broken. (E) Few silver double conoids, a few lapis and remains of glazed frit ring beads. (F) A copper pin with a copper ball head. Badly broken. Type V.